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CARNIVAL. Class 5.6.
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During the year, lots of festivals and celebrations take place across the world..
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Carnival is one of the most famous and colourful festivities. Most carnivals take place during February..
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What is Carnival?. Carnival can be different depending on the country . Lots of countries celebrate their own traditions and culture..
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In most countries during carnival season, there are lots of masks, colourful costumes, music and parades..
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Malta & Gozo The festivities around carnival in Malta and Gozo normally includes late-night parties, masked balls, grotesque mask and dress competitions, marching bands and a colourful parade of large floats..
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The carnival festival is normally opened with a light-hearted sword dance ( Parata Dance). What follows is a show of song and dance, as well as a parade of the Carnival floats..
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The most popular Maltese food and sweets during this festivity include the Maltese carnival cake Prinjolata ..
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It is a white dome-shaped cake, prepared with almonds, eggs and coated with beaten chocolate and meringue, decorated using cherries..
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Perlini are common sweets also made specifically for the carnival festivity. They are pure almonds coated in sugar of a wide range of colours..
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Where is the largest Carnival?. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: this is where the largest carnival in the world takes place..
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Carnival is very important to Brazil , it is not just for fun. Samba music is often played on drums and there is lots of traditional dancing ..
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There are many parties, celebrating the songs, music and dances, typical of Brazilian culture..
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Samba music. Samba is the most popular form of music and dancing at the Rio carnival. It is a Brazilian style of music..
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Carnivals in Europe. There are several carnivals in Europe..
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Cadiz is the largest Spanish carnival where Spanish traditions are celebrated. Like Rio, there are parades and floats with lots of music..
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Nice , is in France. One of the most popular street celebrations is the Battle of the Flowers, where there are lots of colourful and flower-filled floats and costumes..
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Cologne is in Germany. There are lots of parades, and people dress up, even at work and school. It is one of Germany’s most important cultural events..
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