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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.
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.
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).
Three caretos in the Carnival at Podence. The Careto tradition is a folk ritual practice of the Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro region of Portugal, believed to have prehistoric roots in Celtic traditions. The Careto is a masked character garbed with colorful fringe and noisemaking rattles.