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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.
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.
Carnival in Venice, by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1750. According to legend, the Carnival of Venice began after the military victory of the Venetian Republic over the patriarch of Aquileia, Ulrich II, in the year 1162. In honour of this, the people started to dance and gather in St Mark's Square.
In earlier times, parades were held on New Year's Day. [20] Carnival (or Fastelavn or Shrovetide) is an important celebration in Lutheran, Anglican and Catholic European nations. [5] [18] Mardi Gras in Dakar, Senegal Mardi Gras in Marseille, France
Carnival Thursday is called Altweiber (Old women day) in Düsseldorf or Wieverfastelovend (The women's day) in Cologne. This celebrates the beginning of the "female presence in carnival", which began in 1824, when washer-women celebrated a "workless day" on the Thursday before carnival.
The Saturnalia, in turn, may be based on the Greek Dionysia and Oriental festivals like the Babylonical Sacaea . The pagan carnaval was celebrated throughout Europe. In Russia, for example, this festival is known as Maslenitsa (roughly translated: butter feast). [1] Jheronimus Bosch, The Ship of Fools, 1490
The party of the year is here. Mardi Gras , an annual carnival celebrated with exuberance and cultural richness, is upon us. The celebration is rooted in the traditions of various cultures.
The Carnival was reinvented into a parade, [2] adding masquerades, satirical floats, and competitions. [3] Today, the two-week event attracts over a million visitors to Nice every year. Each year, a special theme is chosen, and artists create 18 floats and other figurines in traditional papier-mâché for the colorful parade.