Santa Cruz Carnaval 2002

Every year the Santa Cruz Carnaval attracts even more strange people to our already strange town. This year there were some really good belly dancers.

Heavy Hips, a Santa Cruz tribal troupe. "Heavy Hips" dancers. Flamenco dancers. Kids on stilts! Budding local talent. They get to carry swords! Azar and Dancers of the Mystic Sun The band - Village Heartbeat Zareen spots Shanna on the sidelines. Zareen pulls Shanna out of the audience. Shanna dances with her former teacher, Azar. Shake your shimmy girl! Village Heartbeat of Palo Alto Dancers of the Mystic Sun, Palo Alto Najma, a Mystic Sun Troupe Member. Azar and one of the Little Gypsies square off for a belly shakedown. The next bellydancing generation. Samba dancers. More Sambistas & a fairy? Brazillian dancing ass! More Samba girls. ..and their band. Some people truely believe insects are superior...and dress like them. The blue ruffle butterfly looking for prey. Luckily, she is distracted by the male doing his mating dance. Two male insects battle for dominance and the right to mate with all the females What SUVs are really good for...giant insect battle arenas. The End! (Has anyone seen my eyes??)