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The Carnival of Venice (Italian: Carnevale di Venezia; Venetian: Carneval de Venèsia) is an annual festival held in Venice, Italy, famous throughout the world for its elaborate costumes and masks. The Carnival ends on Shrove Tuesday ( Martedì Grasso or Mardi Gras ), which is the day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday .
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.
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The typical genres of music of Brazilian carnival are, in the Southeast Region in general, mostly cities of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo: the samba-enredo, the samba de bloco, the samba de embalo and the marchinha; and in the Northeast Region including Pernambuco (mostly cities of Olinda and Recife): frevo and maracatu, and Bahia (mostly the ...
Here's a list of the April holidays and observances to know about in 2024. April Fools' Day, National Dandelion Day, and more make it on this list.
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Here's the real history behind America's biggest shopping holiday. Dillon Thompson. November 28, 2019 at 10:00 AM. Holiday names are usually pretty straightforward. New Year's, Thanksgiving and ...