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The Carnival of Madeira (Portuguese: Carnaval da Madeira) is an annual festival held forty days before Easter, that ends on Shrove Tuesday (called Fat Tuesday in Madeira - Terça-feira Gorda in Portuguese) the day before Ash Wednesday (first day of Lent).
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Carnival of Ovar (European Portuguese: [kaɾnɐˈval dɨ oˈvaɾ]) is a major Portuguese tourist event that takes place in Ovar, in the Aveiro Region. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] This event is organized in a modern fashion, since 1952.
It’s carnival season in Tenerife, which can make finding accommodation tricky. The main carnival in Santa Cruz continues until 9 March, with more festivities going on in Los Gigantes and Puerto ...
The Tan-Tan Moussem is an annual gathering held since 1963 by more than thirty tribes from southern Morocco and other parts of Northwest Africa in Tan-Tan, a town in south-western Morocco. [1] In traditional Berber culture, [ 2 ] a moussem is "a type of annual fair with economic, cultural and social functions."
Carnaval was brought to Brazil by the Portuguese colonizers in 1723. As with New Orleans Mardi Gras, it began as a fairly decorous celebration by the upper classes.