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Carnival in Rome, c. 1650 Rio's Carnival is the largest in the world according to Guinness World Records. [1]Carnival or Shrovetide is a festive season that occurs at the close of the Christian pre-Lenten period, [2] consisting of Quinquagesima or Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras.
The Fête du Citron is a carnival event organised by the tourist office of the city of Menton, France, and held every year at the end of winter. It is also sometimes called Carnaval de Menton (Carnival of Menton). The festival celebrates the annual production of specialty lemons and other citrus fruit in Menton.
The Carnival in Rio de Janeiro (Portuguese: Carnaval do Rio de Janeiro) is a festival held every year before Lent; it is considered the biggest celebration of Carnival in the world, with two million people per day on the streets. The first Carnival festival in Rio occurred in 1723. [1] [2]
Rio's carnival is the largest in the world according to Guinness World Records. [ 8 ] Historically its origins can be traced to the Portuguese Age of Discoveries when their caravels passed regularly through Madeira island, a territory which already celebrated emphatically its carnival season, and where they were loaded with goods but also ...
Originally the character wore a hat made of dried wild cucumbers, and the stilts were striped. [64] Pierrot Grenade – A jester pretending to be a scholar. [65] The character is a paradoy of the Pierrot character, which was a character from the Carnival balls held by the French planter class in late 18th century Trinidad. [66]
Carnival in Italy is a farewell party to eat, drink, and have fun before the limitations and solemnity of Lent. About a month before Ash Wednesday , Italians celebrate over many weekends with parades, masks, and confetti .
Super Chicha was a fictional character created for the Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in 1999 and who became an allegorical and recurring character of the carnival. To preside over that year's stage whose theme was the world of comics, a monumental statue of a patriotic superhero from the island of Tenerife was created by the designer ...
The Carnival of Binche (French: Carnaval de Binche) is an annual festival held in Binche, Hainaut, Belgium, during the Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday preceding Ash Wednesday. [ 1 ] The carnival's history dates back to approximately the 14th century, [ 2 ] and it is today one of the best known of several that take place simultaneously in Wallonia ...