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CARNIVALS AROUND THE WORLD

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CARNIVALS AROUND THE

WORLD

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Carnival is a festive season which occurs immediately before Lent; the main events are usually during February. It typically involves a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus, mask and public street party.

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People often dress up or masquerade during the celebrations, which mark an overturning of daily life.

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The Brazilian Carnival

Is one of the best-known celebrations today, and many cities and regions worldwide celebrate with large, popular, and days-long events

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Salvador has large Carnival celebrations, including the Axé, typical Bahia music. A truck with giant speakers and a platform where musicians play songs of local genres such as Axé music, Samba-reggae and Arrocha, is driven with the following crowd both dancing and singing.

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The Carnival in Brazil is a big part of the Brazilian Culture, and it is sometimes referred to by the Brazilians as the "Greatest Show on Earth".

A Samba school parades in the Sambadrome in the 2004 Carnival.

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The Carnival of Rio de Janeiro is the biggest Carnival in the world, and the biggest popular party on the planet, according to the Guinness Book of World Records 2010. The Rio de Janeiro Carnival is also considered the world's most famous.

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The Brazilian singer Kelly Key in Samba School Parade in Rio de Janeiro.

"Baianas" from the Imperatriz Leopoldinense Samba School in Rio de Janeiro.

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ASIAN CARNIVALIn India, Carnival is celebrated on a grand scale in the state of Goa. In Goa, Carnival is known as 'Intruz' (from the Portuguese word Entrudo, an alternative name for Carnival), and the largest celebration takes place in

the city of Panaji.

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The Carnival is unique to Goa in India, and was introduced by the Portuguese who ruled over Goa for over four centuries. The Carnival is celebrated for three days and nights, when the legendary King Momo takes over the state and the streets come alive with music and color.

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Huge parades are organized throughout the state with bands, dances and floats out all night on the streets, and grand balls held in the evenings.

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EUROPEAN CARNIVAL The most famous Croatian Carnival is the Rijeka Carnival, during which the mayor of Rijeka hands over the keys to the city to the Carnival master and the spirit of the Carnival takes

over completely.

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The festival includes several different events, culminating on the final Sunday in a masked procession including participants from many different countries. (A similar procession for children takes place on the previous day.)

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The largest Carnival in England is Notting Hill Carnival. In England, the season immediately before Lent was called Shrovetide. It was a time for confessing sins.

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Possibly the only Shrovetide Carnival in the United Kingdom is celebrated in Cowes and East Cowes on the Isle of Wight; it is the first Carnival on the island's long and busy calendar.

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Patras holds the largest annual Carnival in Greece; the famous Patras Carnival is a 3-day spectacle replete with concerts, balles masqués, parading troupes, floats, a treasure hunt and many events for children.

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The grand parade of masked troupes and floats is held at noon on Tyrine Sunday, and culminates in the ceremonial burning of the effigy of King Carnival at the Patras harbour.

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In Italy, the Carnival in Venice was first recorded in 1268. The subversive nature of the festival is reflected in Italy's many laws over the past several centuries attempting to restrict celebrations and the wearing of masks, a central feature of the Carnival.

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Carnival celebrations in Venice were halted for many years after the city fell under Austrian control in 1798, but were revived in the late 20th century.

This Venetian tradition is most famous for its distinctive

masks

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In Lisbon, Portugal's largest city, Carnival is a more cosmopolitan affair. Parades, dances and festivities throughout the week feature famous stars from Portugal and Brazil. The Loures Carnival is a highlight of Lisbon's festivities which celebrates the country's folk traditions, including the "enterro do bacalhau" or burial of the cod, which symbolizes the end of Carnival and the festivities.

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SPAINIn Cádiz the costumes worn are often related to recent news. The feeling of this Carnival is the sharp criticism, the funny play on words and the imagination in the costumes, more than the glamorous dressings. It is traditional to paint the face with lipstick as a humble substitute of a mask.The most famous groups are the chirigotas, choirs and comparsas. The chirigotas are well known witty, satiric popular groups who sing about politics, new times and household topics, wearing the same costume, which they train for the whole year.

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The Choirs are wider groups that go on open carts through the streets singing with a little orchestra of guitars and lutes. Their characteristic composition is the "Carnival Tango", and they alternate comical and serious repertory. The comparsas are the serious counterpart of the chirigota in Cádiz, and the poetical lyrics and the criticism are their main ingredients. They have a more elaborated

polyphony, being easily recognizable by the typical countertenor voice.

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The Santa Cruz and Las Palmas is together with the Carnival of Cadiz, the most important festival for Spanish tourism and Spain's largest Carnival. In 1980 it was declared a Festival Tourist International Interest, by the Secretariat of State for the Tourism. Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife now aspires to become a World Heritage Site. This declaration by UNESCO will, occur, further promoting international had Santa Cruz de Tenerife, being the first Carnival of Spain to obtain this recognition, for its permanent in time and it would reach the five continents through UNESCO.

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In 1987 went to the "Carnival Chicharrero" Cuban singer Celia Cruz with orchestra Billo's Caracas Boys, attended by 250,000 people, was registered in the Guinness of Records as the largest gathering of people in an outdoor plaza to attend a concert, a record she holds today.

The Carnival of Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) has a Drag Queen's gala where

a jury chooses a winner.

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Project done by:

• Maria Dolores Montilla Castillo• Ana Isabel Perez Roldan• Maria Jesus Merida Siles• Belen Serrano Navarro