Brazilian Carnival - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Brazilian Carnival , properly spelled Carnaval in Portugese, is an annual festival in Brazil held four days before Ash Wednesday. On certain days of Lent, Roman Catholics and some other Christ...
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The origin of Brazil's carnival goes back to a Portuguese pre-lent festivity called "entrudo", a chaotic event where participants threw mud, water, and food at each other in a street event that often led to riots (an event quite similar to today's Andean carnival - see Venezuelan section of this booklet).
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The basic search term is CARNIVAL--BRAZIL. For items related to a specific city, use CARNIVAL--BRAZIL--[city name]. Other useful subject terms are FESTIVALS--BRAZIL, SAMBA (DANCE)--BRAZIL, FREVO (DANCE), and BRAZIL--SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS.
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Award-winning insider´s guide to Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with loads of tips, facts, addresses and dozens of original photos (free). ... Home » Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil...
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ipanema.com/carnival/home.htm
ipanema.com/carnival/home.htm
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Visit Brazil and celebrate the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. ... The Carnival is celebrated all over Brazil, but the three most intesting places to see the Carnival is in Rio de Janeiro, Salvador de Bahia, and Olinda. This section of BTI is mainly a guide for the Carnival held in Rio de Janeiro.
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www.braziltravelinformation.com/brazil_carnival.htm
www.braziltravelinformation.com/brazil_carnival.htm
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Best Moments from 1997 ... Videos from Bahia ... Carnaval in Pernambuco Some Live Videos...
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darkwing.uoregon.edu/~sergiok/brasil/carnaval.html
darkwing.uoregon.edu/~sergiok/brasil/carnaval.html
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Carnival 2010 in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil; (aka "The World's Largest Party"!)*; ... Carnival in Bahia is it, baby! That is, of course, if parties and crowds are your thing. Nowhere else comes close. Carnival Bahia is not nubile women in feathers high up on floaters à la Carnival Rio. It's YOU out there on the streets...
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www.bahia-online.net/Carnival.htm
www.bahia-online.net/Carnival.htm
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Images from the spectacular carnival taking place across Brazil. ... Brazil's famous carnival has seen four days of celebrations across the country. ... Brazil carnival enters final day ; 28 Feb 06 | Americas...
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In many parts of the world, where Catholic Europeans set up colonies and entered into the slave trade, carnival took root. Brazil, once a Portuguese colony, is famous for its carnival, as is Mardi Gras in Louisiana (where African-Americans mixed with French settlers and Native Americans).
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