Carnival
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Carnival is a festive season at the close of the Christian pre-Lenten period, consisting of Quinquagesima or Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras.
Carnival in Rome, c. 1650
Rio's Carnival is the largest in the world according to Guinness World Records.
Feast of the Navigium Isidis, celebrated in Ancient Rome in honor of the goddess Isis
Oinochoe depicting the parade of an armed owl during the celebration of the Anthesteria (Greece, 410–390 BC)
Rio Carnival
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The Carnival in Rio de Janeiro is a festival held every year before Lent; it is considered the biggest celebration of Carnival in the world, with two million people per day on the streets. The first C
Carnival
…two million people each day. Samba schools are large, social entities with thousands of members and a theme for their song and parade each year. In Rio Carnival, samba schools parade in the Sambadrome (sambódromo in Portuguese). Some of the most famous include GRES Estação Primeira de Mangueira, GRES Portela…
Parade of Mangueira, one of the most traditional samba schools in the Rio Carnival
A typical performer of Samba dance
Drum Queen