Feb 22
This is a small sample of the Carnaval samba parade in Rio de Janeiro. It covers one out of the 14 parades to happen during two days and flashes of some of the other 13 parades
Feb 12
My Trip To Brasil Pics Includign Brazil Carnival – Brazil Travel Guide – (40 HQ Pics)
Feb 05
My Trip To Brasil Pics Includign Brazil Carnival – Brazil Travel Guide – (40 HQ Pics)
Jan 20
The Brazilian Carnival, or Carnaval (Portuguese: Carnaval), is an annual festival in Brazil held 4 days before Ash Wednesday and marks the beginning of Lent. During Lent, Roman Catholics are supposed to abstain from all bodily pleasures, including the consumption of meat. The carnival, celebrated as a profane event and believed to have its origins in the pagan Saturnalia, can thus be considered an act of farewell to the pleasures of the flesh.
Brazilian Carnival as a whole exhibits some differences with its counterparts in Europe and other parts of the world, and within Brazil it has distinct regional manifestations. Brazilian citizens used to riot until the Carnival was accepted by the government as an expression of culture. That was because the Brazilian carnival had its origin in a Portuguese festivity called “entrudo”.
