CARNIVAL 2015

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. 

These are 15 of the world's best carvivals.

Some colouring pages

Carnival games

carnival around the world

The roots of carnival are both older and newer than the Christian traditions that started in Europe and have spread with colonialism throughout much of the world. Ancient Greek and Roman pagan rituals as well as the folklore, music and dance of colonized peoples have forged colourful expressions of each country's respective history and cultures.

Creative disguises and parody are characteristic of carnival in many countries, which historically gave oppressed and marginalized groups the opportunity to subvert norms of class, race and gender.

CARNIVAL

Carnival is a festive season which occurs immediately before Lent, and 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.

Some of the best-known carnivals are:

• The carnival of Venice
• Caribbean carnival
• Notting Hill (London)

CARNIVAL 2013

Here are some of my pupils' colouring pages. They love colouring, dancing and singing.

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CARNIVAL OR CARNIVALE VIDEOS

It's a festive season which occurs immediately before lent (it lasts for a period of approximately six weeks leading up to Easter).

The main events are usually during February. Carnival typically involves a public celebration or parade combining some elements of circus, mask and public street party. People often dress up during celebrations.

The carnival of Venice was for a long time the most famous carnival. The carnival now celebrated in some places have become divorced from their cycle in the religious year, becoming purely secular events, that take place in the summer months (Notting Hill,...).

CARNIVAL

NOTTING  HILL  CARNIVAL

It is an annual event in August. It has continuously taken place since 1965. It is led by members of the Caribbean population.

The Notting Hill Carnival in London is Europe's largest event after the Rio de Janeiro.