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"Carnival"(cancelled) — In the city of Hamilton, 1 week after Toronto's Caribana. "Carifest" — In the city of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. "Cariwest" — Held annually the second week of August in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, drawing more than 60,000 visitors a year. Cariwest boasts an amazing display of masqueraders in the main parade, and is ...
Fat Thursday is a Christian tradition in some countries marking the last Thursday before Lent and is associated with the celebration of Carnival. Because Lent is a time of fasting, the days leading up to Ash Wednesday provide the last opportunity for feasting (including simply eating forbidden items) until Easter. Traditionally it is a day ...
Carnival in Rio de Janeiro ended months ago, but if you're looking for something similar or don't want to travel that far, look no further than Kings Island. The Cincinnati-area amusement park's ...
Several events occur over the course of the festivities celebrating Caribbean culture. While the Parade of Bands is the most-well known festivities, events vary per year and in the past has included exhibits (for example the first Caribana displayed every book published by a Caribbean writer, including Austin Clarke who was the centrepiece of the exhibition); theatre plays (such as Austin ...
Carnival is still going on in CastleVille, and to stop the party from ending too soon, Zynga has released additional items in the game's store. There are new outfits for your avatar, along with ...
Carnival maintains a prohibited items list (readily available on its website or on your cruise ticket contract) that includes dozens of categories and literally hundreds of specific items.
Aalborg Carnival moving along Vesterbro in Aalborg 2011. Aalborg Carnival is the name for the annual cultural event carnival in the city of Aalborg – the fourth-largest city in Denmark. The carnival takes place the last week in May (week 21) and is the largest carnival in Scandinavia (advertised as "the biggest carnival in northern Europe ...
The Nice Carnival (French: Carnaval de Nice) is one of the world's major carnival events, alongside the Brazilian Carnival, Venetian Carnival, and Mardi Gras in New Orleans. It is held annually in February and sometimes early March (depending on the movable date of Carnival in the Christian calendar) in Nice on the French Riviera .