Thousands of people will attend Funchal this year’s fireworks show, the most important tourist poster in Madeira, in which the Regional Government has invested half a million euros.
The show organized by a pyrotechnic company has the theme “Madeira em Festa” and is composed of 175 thousand pyrotechnic pieces and 24 tons of fire that will fill the sky with color, fired from 38 posts placed on land and at sea to give welcome to 2020.
The launching stations are scattered in the amphitheater that configures the city of Funchal (31), five in barges anchored in the bay of the city and two in the island of Porto Santo.
The head of the Macedo´s pyrotechnic company Carlos Macedo explained to Lusa that this year’s show has the theme “Madeira em Festa” and “is inspired by the Madeiran traditions of Christmas and the end of the year”, having been “developed from scratch and exclusively ”For the occasion.
He added that there are “21 pyrotechnic paintings with their own colors, typologies and sounds” and that the colors chosen for this year’s show include “oranges, purples, golds, silver, magenta and the basic colors”.
The show ends with the “25 second apotheosis, as the tradition of Madeira dictates”.
Tonight, 13 ships, some at anchor in the bay of Funchal, due to the lack of docking capacity for so many vessels, carrying about 36,000 passengers and crew, will also watch this poster.
And as is tradition, thousands of people will be positioned to have the best view possible to watch the pyrotechnic show, particularly on the viewpoints and roads with a privileged view of the bay of Funchal, hotels and private homes.
In addition to the city’s waterfront, Avenida do Mar and Communities, where many are concentrated, the Funchal City Council has already announced that the Santa Catarina Park will also be open until 02:00 on Wednesday, allowing that place be another space for people to enjoy the moment.
Hotel units are 90% occupied, with five-star hotels contributing to higher indicators, confirming the perspectives of “full house” of the Madeira Tourism and Culture Secretariat.
But the tradition of marking the New Year’s Eve with pyrotechnic shows has already spread to other municipalities in the region that also organized their parties.
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