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- Brazilian_Carnival abstract "The Carnival of Brazil (Portuguese: Carnaval, IPA: [kaʁnaˈvaw]) is an annual festival held during the Friday to the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent, the forty-day period before Easter. On certain days of Lent, Roman Catholics and some other Christians traditionally abstained from the consumption of meat and poultry, hence the term "carnival," from carnelevare, "to remove (literally, "raise") meat." Carnival has roots in the pagan festival of Saturnalia, which, adapted to Catholicism became a farewell to well things in a season of religious discipline to practice repentance and prepare for Christ's death and resurrection.Rhythm, participation, and costumes vary from one region of Brazil to another. In the southeastern cities of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Vitória, huge organized parades are led by samba schools. Those official parades are meant to be watched by the public, while minor parades ("blocos") allowing public participation can be found in other cities. The northeastern cities of Recife, Olinda, Salvador and Porto Seguro have organized groups parading through streets, and public interacts directly with them. This carnival is also influenced by African-Brazilian culture. It's a six-day party where crowds follow the trios elétricos through the city streets, dancing and singing. Also in northeast, Olinda carnival features unique characteristics, heavily influenced by local folklore and cultural manifestations, such as Frevo and Maracatu.The typical genres of music of Brazilian carnival are, in Rio de Janeiro (and Southeast Region in general): the samba-enredo, the samba de bloco, the samba de embalo and the marchinha; in Pernambuco and Bahia (and Northeast Region in general) the main genres are: the frevo, the maracatu, the samba-reggae and Axé music.Carnival is the most famous holiday in Brazil and has become an event of huge proportions. Except for industrial production, retail establishments such as malls, and carnival-related businesses, the country stops completely for almost a week and festivities are intense, day and night, mainly in coastal cities. Rio de Janeiro's carnival alone drew 4.9 million people in 2011, with 400,000 being foreigners.".
- Brazilian_Carnival country Brazilian_people.
- Brazilian_Carnival meaning "Four days before Ash Wednesday".
- Brazilian_Carnival similar Ash_Wednesday.
- Brazilian_Carnival similar Carnival.
- Brazilian_Carnival similar Lent.
- Brazilian_Carnival similar Valentine's_Day.
- Brazilian_Carnival thumbnail Kellykey.jpg?width=300.
- Brazilian_Carnival type Parade.
- Brazilian_Carnival wikiPageExternalLink 186-the-history-of-carnival-in-brazil.html.
- Brazilian_Carnival wikiPageExternalLink carnaval.globo.com.
- Brazilian_Carnival wikiPageExternalLink n1238135402474.html.
- Brazilian_Carnival wikiPageExternalLink carnavalemsalvadorbahia.ning.com.
- Brazilian_Carnival wikiPageExternalLink 2010-02-09T16_38_26-08_00.
- Brazilian_Carnival wikiPageExternalLink carnaval2007.
- Brazilian_Carnival wikiPageExternalLink 8515518.stm.
- Brazilian_Carnival wikiPageExternalLink carnaval.
- Brazilian_Carnival wikiPageExternalLink www.brazilcarnival.com.br.html.
- Brazilian_Carnival wikiPageExternalLink brazil_carnival.htm.
- Brazilian_Carnival wikiPageExternalLink Carnivals-of-the-World-Top-10.html.
- Brazilian_Carnival wikiPageExternalLink carnaval-brasil-festival.html.
- Brazilian_Carnival wikiPageExternalLink 1950s-the-first-trio-eletrico.html.
- Brazilian_Carnival wikiPageExternalLink samba-city.
- Brazilian_Carnival wikiPageExternalLink everything-is-possible-street-carnival-in-rio-de-janeiro.
- Brazilian_Carnival wikiPageExternalLink carnival-guide-2011-for-brazil-and-the-rest-of-south-america.
- Brazilian_Carnival wikiPageExternalLink Sambadrome_Marques_de_Sapucai.
- Brazilian_Carnival wikiPageID "1166833".
- Brazilian_Carnival wikiPageRevisionID "602355742".
- Brazilian_Carnival caption "The Brazilian singer Kelly Key in Samba School Parade in Rio de Janeiro.".
- Brazilian_Carnival date "--02-12".
- Brazilian_Carnival date "--02-17".
- Brazilian_Carnival date "--02-28".
- Brazilian_Carnival duration "345600.0".
- Brazilian_Carnival frequency "annual".
- Brazilian_Carnival hasPhotoCollection Brazilian_Carnival.
- Brazilian_Carnival holidayName "Brazilian Carnival".
- Brazilian_Carnival imagesize "250".
- Brazilian_Carnival longtype "Cultural, Religious".
- Brazilian_Carnival nickname "Carnaval, Carnival, Rio Carnival".
- Brazilian_Carnival observedby "Brazilians, communities worldwide".
- Brazilian_Carnival relatedto Ash_Wednesday.
- Brazilian_Carnival relatedto Carnival.
- Brazilian_Carnival relatedto Lent.
- Brazilian_Carnival relatedto Valentine's_Day.
- Brazilian_Carnival significance "Four days before Ash Wednesday".
- Brazilian_Carnival type "Party, Parade, Cultural celebration".
- Brazilian_Carnival subject Category:Arts_in_Brazil.
- Brazilian_Carnival subject Category:Brazilian_Carnival.
- Brazilian_Carnival subject Category:Samba.
- Brazilian_Carnival type Abstraction100002137.
- Brazilian_Carnival type Act100030358.
- Brazilian_Carnival type Activity100407535.
- Brazilian_Carnival type Carnival100511555.
- Brazilian_Carnival type Carnivals.
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- Brazilian_Carnival type Diversion100426928.
- Brazilian_Carnival type Event100029378.
- Brazilian_Carnival type Festival100517728.
- Brazilian_Carnival type Group100031264.
- Brazilian_Carnival type GroupAction101080366.
- Brazilian_Carnival type Parade108428485.
- Brazilian_Carnival type Parades.
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- Brazilian_Carnival type PsychologicalFeature100023100.
- Brazilian_Carnival type YagoPermanentlyLocatedEntity.
- Brazilian_Carnival type Holiday.
- Brazilian_Carnival type TimeInterval.
- Brazilian_Carnival comment "The Carnival of Brazil (Portuguese: Carnaval, IPA: [kaʁnaˈvaw]) is an annual festival held during the Friday to the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent, the forty-day period before Easter.".
- Brazilian_Carnival label "Brazilian Carnival".
- Brazilian_Carnival label "Carnaval de Brasil".
- Brazilian_Carnival label "Carnaval do Brasil".
- Brazilian_Carnival label "Бразильский карнавал".
- Brazilian_Carnival sameAs Carnaval_de_Brasil.
- Brazilian_Carnival sameAs Carnaval_do_Brasil.
- Brazilian_Carnival sameAs m.04cx88.
- Brazilian_Carnival sameAs Q2390665.
- Brazilian_Carnival sameAs Q2390665.
- Brazilian_Carnival sameAs Brazilian_Carnival.
- Brazilian_Carnival wasDerivedFrom Brazilian_Carnival?oldid=602355742.
- Brazilian_Carnival depiction Kellykey.jpg.
- Brazilian_Carnival isPrimaryTopicOf Brazilian_Carnival.
- Brazilian_Carnival name "Brazilian Carnival".
- Brazilian_Carnival nick "Carnaval, Carnival, Rio Carnival".