Fantasy Fest’s 10 days of costuming and masking revelry ended Sunday in Key West, after a flamboyant Saturday night parade that featured satirical depictions of U.S. presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
Many parade entries drew inspiration from the Fantasy Fest theme, “Political Voodoo & Ballot Box Barbarians,” an offbeat salute to the upcoming election and its personalities.
Standouts included a float featuring super-sized heads of Clinton and Trump surrounded by marchers in red, white and blue costumes. A “Weekend at Bernie’s” takeoff, with Clinton and Trump figures dangling from trees, starred a dancing silver-haired “Bernie” that recalled both the namesake films and Democratic hopeful Bernie Sanders.
Some entries were as elaborate as candidates’ pre-election promises — such as “The Purple Party,” featuring two gigantic skeletons that rose high above the crowd while eerie purple-suited marchers cavorted around them.
Other showstoppers included a band of barbarians with horned helmets chanting “Vote!,” a troupe of Caribbean-style dancers strutting their stuff in skimpy feathered costumes, and marchers wearing barely-there patriotic garb or body paint.
Fantasy Fest 2017, themed “Time Travel Unravels,” is scheduled Oct. 20-29.[vc_message message_box_style=”3d” message_box_color=”turquoise”]By FloridaKeysNewsBureau release posted on SouthFloridaReporter.com Oct. 31, 2016 [/vc_message]
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