CarnivalIntroduces Carnival, the festival often observed at the beginning of Lent, as well as different ways it is celebrated around the world. |
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African influence Ascension Day Barbados Battle of Summer Brazil calypso calypsonian Carnival celebrations Carnival figures Carnival processions Carnival takes place Castanets celebrate Carnival celebrate their freedom Christian Church Christians celebrate Christians remember Christmas costumes and masks countries custom dress Drums Easter Epiphany European famous Fat Tuesday Ferdinand and Queen festival of Carnival figures representing forty days French giants Hill Carnival hollowed-out bamboo stems huge float Jazz bands play Jesus joyful music Lent begins main faith Mardi Gras celebrations masquerader means Fat mock battle music and dance native South Americans Orleans pancakes Pentecost pretzels Renaissance rhythms Rio de Janeiro Roman Catholicism samba samba olé Samba samba samba Sambalele started Saturnalia season of Lent sheaves of corn Shrove Tuesday singer sixteenth centuries slave rebellions slavery was finally songs Spain spectacular steel bands street dancing Summer and Winter Tamboo-bamboo Throwing flowers traditional Carnival Trinidad Venice wearing West Indies WINSTON SPREE wonderful costumes