Rose Monday - the main spectacle of carnival - gives a fresh start to those nursing hangovers from their weekend antics.On this day, performers, dancers and marching bands take over the streets, tossing sweetsand tulips to the crowds.

Frevo is a wide range of musical styles originating from Recife and Olinda, Pernambuco, Brazil, all of which are traditionally associated with Brazilian Carnival. The word frevo is said to come from frever, a misspeaking of the Portuguese word ferver (to boil). It is said that the sound of the frevo will make listeners and dancers to feel as they are boiling on the ground. The word frevo is normally used interchangeably either to mean the frevo music or the frevo dance. Buy your Costumes for the Brazilian Costume Parade in Rio". Riocostumes.com. Archived from the original on 28 May 2013 . Retrieved 11 February 2016. Source: UNESCO Office in Brasilia UNESCO Office in Brasilia (7 December 2012). "Brazilian frevo dance is inscribed on the UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". Unesco.org. Archived from the original on 18 November 2016 . Retrieved 11 February 2016. The approximately 18,000 active Fasnächtler dress up in a wide variety of costumes, including a mask known as a Larve. Participants are fully concealed and must remain incognito while parading; it is considered inappropriate and a breach of protocol to identify oneself by removing the mask, other than during official breaks from the parade. Members of the various Cliques wear costumes that fit a specific theme, except during Morgestreich and on Fasnacht Tuesday. Costumes and masks commonly represent famous people including politicians, or even comic characters or animals. More traditional masks recall Napoleonic soldiers, harlequins ( Harlekin) and the famous Waggis (buffoons portraying an exaggerated caricature of Alsatian peasants). Most of the groups choose a Sujet ( French: theme) for the Fasnacht. These Sujets are usually related to recent events and are highly satirical. These Sujets can be seen on lanterns during Morgenstreich and in the costumes worn by Clique members during the Cortège. Most Cliques also distribute Zeedel (flyers containing ironic verse).All lanterns are on display from Monday evening until Wednesday morning on the Münsterplatz (the square in front of the Basel Münster) and are lit in the evenings. The lantern exhibition is referred to as the largest open-air art exhibition of the world. Carnival Week is a national holiday in Panama, with most businesses and government offices remaining closed during its duration, and with most Panamanians opting to go to the country's rural areas to participate on the Carnivals and visit their relatives.

Historically its origins can be traced to the Portuguese Age of Discoveries when their caravels passed regularly through Madeira island, a territory which already celebrated emphatically its carnival season, and where they were loaded with goods but also people and their ludic and cultural expressions. [9] [10] Characteristics [ edit ] There are a number of events that occur before and after Fasnacht. This is not a complete list, rather an overview of the larger or more significant events. Global Covid report: Rio cancels Carnival for first time in a century as global deaths near 1m". The Guardian. 25 September 2020. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021 . Retrieved 13 October 2021. They’re used in a battle in which Don Carnal, who represents the Roman god Janus, is at war with Doña Cuaresma (Mrs. Lent). Don Carnal always loses.On the Caribbean coast of Bluefields, Nicaragua, Carnival is better known as "Palo de Mayo" (or Mayo Ya!) and is celebrated every day of May. [86] Fastnacht isoften referred to as the dark side of the carnival, with more unusual traditions. Common sights includepeople in grotesque masks scaring children, danglingcalf'stails in front of people's faces, and teasing women with inflated pig bladders. Fasching

Looking to celebrate carnival in Germany this year? Here are all the important dates you need to know about! When is Fasching in Germany in 2023? Carnevale in Italy, known in the U.S. as Carnival or Mardi Gras, takes place in the weeks leading up to Easter. Think of Carnevale in Italy as a big final party before Ash Wednesday, the restrictions of Lent, and the more pious observances of Easter.In 2020 and 2021, the carnival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022 the carnival took place again in a limited form. [8] See also [ edit ] Düsseldorfhosts one of the most popular carnivals in Germany. Chanting the Fool’s Shout, “ Düsseldorf Helau”, carnival attendees take to the streets in a flurry of music, dance, laughter, excitement and colour. Monstre-Trommelkonzert (aka Drummeli), formerly in the Messe Basel, as of 2011 at the Musical Theater Basel

The lantern farewell ( Ladärne Verabschiide) is performed by the Cliques on the final evening of the Fasnacht, normally starting at 4:00am on Thursday but sometimes earlier. Each Clique has a specific ritual for the farewell, most of which involve forming a circle with their lanterns and chanting a particular musical composition. Popular compositions are the Wettsteinmarsch, the Tagwacht, the Retraite, the Basler Marsch and "le Lancier". During this chanting, the lanterns are gradually extinguished. Alison Raphael. “From Popular Culture to Microenterprise: The History of Brazilian Samba Schools.” Latin American music review 11, no. 1 (1990): 76. This article is about the celebration of Carnival in many cultures. For the traveling entertainment, see Traveling carnival. For the cruise line, see Carnival Cruise Line. For other uses, see Carnival (disambiguation). One of the most famous carnivals in the world is in New Orleans, USA. It is called Mardi Gras, which is French for 'Fat Tuesday', the day when people would traditionally eat up all the fat before starting the Lent fast. The celebration in New Orleans lasts around two weeks, with a parade every day. Groups of people, called 'krewes', dress up in special costumes and ride on decorated floats. They throw small gifts to the people watching, especially strings of beads. There are also many balls, especially masked balls. Mardi Gras is very popular with tourists, and it is estimated that well over a million people visit every year to join the celebrations. Rio de Janeiro Friday afternoons are for eating galette des rois (the cake of kings) and drinking champagne. The cake may be flavoured with frangipani, guava, or coconut. [ citation needed]International singers like David Guetta, will.i.am, Psy, and Bob Sinclar have performed in Salvador. [68] Ivete Sangalo, Claudia Leitte, Daniela Mercury, Margareth Menezes, Chiclete com Banana, and Banda Eva are some traditional attractions. The party officially takes six days, but can continue for more than that. [69] Canada [ edit ] The Children and Family Fasnacht is on Tuesday. On this day, there are many parades through the city, but, this time, it is not the Cliques that take part, rather families with their children. If the people come from different Cliques, it is common to see groups with mixed costumes and masks. In 2002, the Industrielle Werke Basel ( IWB) turned the streetlights off too early, at 3:59am. Nonetheless, Fasnacht went on until Thursday at 4:00am. Therefore, the 2002 Fasnacht lasted one minute longer than usual.