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Week 6
10 July 2013
5 Carnivals around the World You Must not Miss
The Carnival of Venice is a real fairy tale, a baffling celebration, with masked balls, fireworks and parties that suggest mystery and magic. It takes place during the ten days before Lent and attracts tourists from all over the world.
During this famous carnival, Venice puts on its best garments and its streets become a huge stage for parades, shows, concerts and outdoor theater shows. Peoplefrom all over the world come to discover this magic carnival in a floating city,where time feels like it stopped in the eighteenth century.
The Carnival of Venice is a very popular blend of tradition, entertainment, history and good mood. The huge party includes the entire city of Venice and itmimics the atmosphere of the eighteenth century, making this event mandatory to attend at least once within a lifetime. The carnival has ancient origins. During antiquity it welcomed spring and gave people the illusion that they were all equal, as they were all disguised behind masks.
The Carnival of Sicily
The most popular Carnival of Sicily, theAcireale Carnival, enjoys a dynamic and vibrant atmosphere, within which attendees celebrate the history of the island.
It has its roots in the ancient Roman festivals of Saturn, during which people organized feasts with music and fine drinks, praying to the gods for a prosperous future and an abundant harvest. Romans painted their faces in bright colors, danced, sang, and celebrated their wellbeing. Beautiful allegorical carriages were introduced in Sicily much later, around the 1880s. Thehuge crafted masks worn during the festival are seen as satirical against the personalities of the day(politicians, actors, musicians, athletes and other celebrities). In time, master artisans have come to compete in the annual competition for the most beautiful float, making the festival a true spectacle of color, light, scenery and imagination.
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Every year tourists from all over the world crowd the streets of the picturesque town of Acireale to participate in the carnival parade. They throw confetti, dance and enjoy thebeautiful show. If you want to experience the festival it would be a good idea to check a travel website and make all the arrangements a few month in advance.
The Rio Carnival
The Rio Carnival is a wild four-day celebration which takes place 40 days before Easter, in February, the hottest month in the Southern hemisphere, when summer is at its peak. It officially begins on Saturday and ends on Tuesday.Thenext day is Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent, during which everyone has to abstain from all bodily pleasures. This carnival, with all its excesses, is a celebration of the profane, an act of farewell to the "pleasures of the flesh" before Lent.
The Carnival of Tenerife
The Carnival of Tenerife is the most important event of the islands in the Canaries archipelago and is considered the second most important one in the world, after the one in Rio de Janeiro. The celebration has two parts: an official one, and one in the streets. The official celebration includes the participation of over 100 groups of artists, and the vast street fiesta involves the participation of all residents on the island.
The Carnival of Nice
The Carnival of Nice is one of the grandest events of its kind in the world. Organized parades, floats, elegant range of flowers, lights and sound… all are animated by over 1,000 musicians and dancers from all over the world.
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This passage talk about 5 Carnivals around the World You Must not Miss such ass The Carnival of Venice, The Carnival of Sicily, The Rio Carnival and The Carnival of Tenerife. From I read this topic I get new knowledge and I learned new vocabulary.
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