Carnival issue 1 2014
Carnival is a festive season which occurs immediately before Lent; the main events are usually during February. Carnival typically involves a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus, mask and public street party
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Cover Photo Credit: Mohican Tribe Carnival Costumes 2014 - carnivalinfo.com
brief history of the carnivals prepared by, Ashraf-ul Alam Shikder text from, wikipedia photography credit, google.com and respective websites
Carnival is traditionally held in areas with a large Catholic and to a lesser extent, Eastern Orthodox makeup. Protestant areas usually do not have Carnival celebrations or have modified traditions, such as the Danish Carnival or other Shrove Tuesday events.
Photo Credit: The Paraiso School of Samba take part in the Notting Hill Carnival 2012. Picture: Lewis Web: london24.com
Conversely, the Philippines, though a predominantly Roman Catholic country, does not have Carnival celebrations because it has been culturally influenced by neighboring Asian nations, which do not have Carnival celebrations
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Painting: Getting Ready For The Carnival, Carl Heinrich Bloch (1834 – 1890, Danish) web: conchigliadivenere.wordpress.com
The Lenten period of the Liturgical year Church calendar, being the six weeks directly before Easter, was marked by fasting and other pious or penitential practices. Traditionally during Lent, no parties or other celebrations were held, and people refrained from eating rich foods, such as meat, dairy, fats and sugar. In the days before Lent, all rich food and drink had to be disposed of. The consumption of this, in a giant party that involved the whole community, is thought to be the origin of Carnival.
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Some of the best-known traditions, including carnal parades and masquerade ball masquerading, were first recorded in medieval Italy. The carnival of Venice was, for a long time, the most famous carnival. From Italy, carnival traditions spread to the Catholic nations of Spain, Portugal, and France. From France [is questionable, since they never celebrated Carneval with parades and costumes?],
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worldly pleasures. Other areas have developed their own traditions. In the United Kingdom, West Indian immigrants brought with them the traditions of Caribbean Carnival, however the Carnivals now celebrated at Notting Hill, London; Leeds, Yorkshire, and other places have become divorced from their cycle in the religious year, becoming purely secular events, that take place in the summer months
Photo Credit: CARNIVAL MASK web: mrwallpaper.com
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We Planned to Explore The Histories, events & Photos of the Carnival in speciďŹ c countries NEXT ISSUESES Africa
Cape Verde Islands Seychelles Zimbabwe Asia Indonesia India Israel Europe Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark and Norway England France Germany, Switzerland and Austria Greece Hungary Italy Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Netherlands Poland Portugal Azores Madeira
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Russia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Andalusia Canary Islands Catalonia Turkey North America and Central America Caribbean Aruba Antigua Barbados Belize Dominica Dominican Republic Haiti Jamaica Puerto Rico Trinidad and Tobago Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Mexico Panama Canada United States Louisiana South America Argentina Bolivia Brazil Salvador, Bahia Rio de Janeiro Colombia
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Brazilian Carnival Queen Model web: trend-kid.com
Carnival Queen, or sometimes Carnaval Queen, is the name or title given to a woman or a girl who is chosen to perform official duties during the celebration of the Carnival. The title is also given to a woman or a girl who has won the beauty and talent competition during the Carnival, or a woman who won a beauty and talent contest and thus become the representative during the celebration of the Carnival.
One notable place in Spain that elects a new Carnival Queen every year is Santa Cruz de Tenerife. On the other hand, the Carnival in Tarragona - also in Spain - starts with the building of a huge barrel and the later ends with the burning of that barrel together with the burning of the effigies of the Carnival Queen and the Carnival King, a symbolic ritual that signifies bidding "farewell to the flesh" (literally "to remove meat") by men and women - such as from their diet before the Lenten season, a form of human renewal, because meat or the "flesh" is prohibited during Lent.
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