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	Carnival - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Carnival is traditionally a Roman Catholic and, to a lesser extent, Christian Orthodox celebration.
		Gaviões da Fiel parade in the Brazilian Carnival in São Paulo, 2003
		Carnival in Binche proclaimed in 2003 one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Carnival (4810 words)

	Brazilian Carnival - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Brazil, Carnival as a whole exhibits some differences with its counterparts in Europe and other parts of the world, and within the country itself it is manifested in distinct ways in the various regions.
		Carnival in Rio de Janeiro is known worldwide for the elaborate parades staged by the city’s major samba schools in the Sambadrome and is one of the world’s major tourist attractions.
		The musical styles are different at each carnival; in Bahia there are many rhythms, including samba, samba-reggae and frevo, while in Rio there are the multiples variations of samba: the "samba-enredo", the "samba de bloco", the "samba de embalo", the "funk-samba", as well as the famous "marchinhas" played by the "bandas" in the streets.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brazilian_Carnival (793 words)

	adriatica.net > Discover Croatia
		The carnival events in the city of Rijeka are an amazing blend of traditional European carnivals, primarily Venetian and Austrian characteristics, and of elements of Slavic folklore and mythology.
		The carnival traditions in Split differ from those previously mentioned because masked balls that were accompanied by fireworks and in accordance with the progressive ideas of the Renaissance were organized in city palaces, reading rooms and the city theater.
		Carnival parades in Dubrovnik consisted of men and women wearing nice traditional costumes from the surrounding areas who liked to have a good time to the tunes of trumpets and other instruments.
	www.adriatica.net /croatia/feature/karneval_en.htm (865 words)

	Carnival Masks of the Dominican Republic by Ivan Erickson
		However, most towns have a parade with groups of people dressed in the same colors or wearing the same costumes, some may be in floats, or they may wear masks and represent various allegorical characters.
		In the case of Spain, where carnival is celebrated mainly in the south of the country, many towns, such as Cadiz, celebrate with elegant processions and parades with colorful, bright and elaborate costumes.
		Parades and masks are an important part of the carnival celebrations.
	dominicanmasks.com (3500 words)

	Mardi Gras - MSN Encarta
		However, modern Carnival traditions developed in Europe during the Middle Ages (5th century to the 15th century) as part of the ritual calendar of the Roman Catholic Church.
		As Carnival season approaches, residents of New Orleans decorate the city with streamers and flags in the traditional Mardi Gras colors of green, gold, and purple.
		During the parades, costumed krewe members ride highly decorated floats and toss strings of plastic beads and other trinkets into the crowds of spectators lining the streets.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761553106_1____3/Mardi_Gras.html (1337 words)

	Mardi Gras: The Krewes And The Parades
		Dozens of Carnival Parades fill the schedule between January 6 (Twelfth Night, also known as the Feast of the Epiphany, which marks the end of the Christmas Season) and Ash Wednesday...particularly during the two-and-a-half weeks prior to Mardi Gras.
		Carnival Day itself (Tuesday, when the entire City of New Orleans takes the day off) is more of a family celebration with many of the local high school bands marching in the Parades.
		Officially, Carnival comes to an end promptly at midnight on "Fat Tuesday," when the police begin to clean the streets of the French Quarter, and officially closes with the meeting of the Courts of Rex and Comus at the Ball of the Mystick Krewe of Comus.
	www.novareinna.com /festive/krewes.html (4030 words)

	Parades (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		They are the junior carnival parade, the senior carnival parade and the second day carnival parade.
		is opened to participants from ages 0 - 17, the senior carnival parade is opened to participants from ages 18 and older and the second day carnival parade is a joint parade of both the junior and senior carnival troupes who have participated in the previous carnival parades.
		This is the final jump-up of the carnival activities where the crowd once again come together in a mass crowd to jump and jam for the last time for the carnival activities.
	www.stmaartencarnival.com /parades.htm (318 words)

	Brazil - South American Experience - Rio Carnival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		There are carnival parades in almost every town and city but the biggest by far is in Rio.
		Here Carnival has evolved into two distinct creatures:- the street carnival and the "Parade of Schools" in the Sambadrome.
		The parades start around 8.00pm and finish in the small hours; tickets are as hard to come by as Cup Final tickets.
	www.southamericanexperience.co.uk /brazil/brazil_carnival.html (406 words)

	Carnival parades rolling on Gulf Coast - Travel at worldbookers.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Curry, 31, said she has been attending carnival parades since childhood in Mobile, a tradition for many in this port city, where historians say carnival was first celebrated in the United States in the 1700s.
		Historians say the carnival was born in Mobile among the French colonists in the 1700s, but it didn't really catch on until 1830, when a group of rowdies hit the downtown streets with cowbells and rakes taken from a hardware store.
		The museum is open to the public for previews on January 29, February 5 and February 7, and it expects a grand opening later in the spring.
	www.worldbookers.co.uk /news/news_521.html (646 words)

	Curacao Carnival \| Karnaval di Korsou \| Curacao Carnaval \| Korsou Karnaval \| Korsow Karnaval
		The 2006 Carnival season will be inaugurated in the first week of January and the streets of Curacao will be turned into a colorful celebration of our national party ‘Karnaval’.
		The week begins with the Children’s Carnival Parade in the center of town and culminates with the Grand Parade on Sunday, February 26th followed by the Carnival Farewell Parade on the 28th.
		The Carnival Queen represents Mother Earth, the symbol for fertility and peace.
	www.carnival.an (748 words)

	Carnival in Guadeloupe
		From the beginning of January you can see, especially on week-ends, disguised groups rehearsing in the streets, singing, dancing, making collections between the passers-by to be able to finish their costumes.
		The carnival groups can finally show the result of their efforts and parade by foot or on floats in colorful disguisements - following a different theme each year.
		The evening points the end of carnival with the "Grand brilé Vaval", cremation of King Carnival "Vaval" accompanied by the crowd's cries and wailings.
	www.antilles-info-tourisme.com /guadeloupe/carnival.htm (313 words)

	CAIN: CSC: Report: Political Rituals: Loyalist Parades in Portadown
		However, partial as the foregoing description of the recent history of parades in Portadown may be, it reveals a complex network of political groups, sometimes in the form of political parties, seeking to utilise the parading 'tradition' in a rapidly changing political context.
		Thus an attempt to have a parade banned or re-routed is perceived by Orangemen as an attack on Protestantism itself, just as the parades themselves are perceived as an unnecessary invasion of nationalist territory by residents of the Garvaghy Road.
		Parades have not remained the same, and this is obvious even from talking to older Orangemen.
	cain.ulst.ac.uk /csc/reports/rituals.htm (6870 words)

	Mardi Gras Parades
		The first is the Endymion parade on Saturday, which bills itself as the largest non-military parade in the world.
		Endymion first paraded in 1967 and continues to make good its motto, "Throw 'til it hurts!" the second is the Bacchus parade on Sunday.
		The parades begin snaking through the streets in earnest by 11:00 A.M. A lot of the local high school bands also march in parades.
	homepages.rootsweb.com /~homespun/parades.html (609 words)

	Carnival in Aruba by Victoria Razak
		Carnival is a public festival which takes place just before Lent, a period of fasting and penitence for Catholics.
		Aruba's carnival is based on the Trinidad carnival which was introduced to the Island by British West Indian immigrants in the 1940's, but today the festival incorporates many native Aruban festive traditions and cultural expressions.
		Carnival in Aruba is enjoyed each year by visitors to the Island from all of the world.
	www.visitaruba.com /attractions/whatson/books (264 words)

	Aruba Carnival 2007
		The annual carnival festivities culminate with the grand carnival parade, which always falls the Sunday before Ash Wednesday.
		Marks the end of the carnival season in the district of San Nicolas.
		Carnival officially comes to an end on the eve of Ash Wednesday with the burning of "King Momo," a symbol of the flesh..
	www.visitaruba.com /attractions/whatson/carnival.html (630 words)

	pr_encounter2004_2
		This year's Carnival Encounter organised by Brighton's own Carnival Collective, gives members of the Brighton community a unique opportunity to take part in carnival parades from either the Caribbean or Chinese traditions.
		The Carnival Encounter 2004 takes place over the weekend of the 22/23 May and is part of the Brighton Festival.
		Carnival Collective is based in Brighton and is one of Europe's foremost performing bands and carnival arts organisations.
	www.carnivalcollective.org.uk /pr_encounter2004_2.0.html (267 words)

	Virgin Islands Carnival Celebrations
		The word Carnival brings to mind an assortment of images; for music lovers it might mean heated Calypso shows and for children it brings to mind amusement park rides and cotton candy.
		And to anyone who has experienced the Carnival parades, the word certainly brings to mind steel drums, bands, colorful costumes, people of all ages dancing in the streets, mocko-jumbies and fireworks.
		Carnival in St. John is a combination of celebrating the traditions of Carnival with emancipation and independence.
	www.vinow.com /general_usvi/carnival (778 words)

	Festive Committee of the Cologne Carnival of 1823
		Over the years, decades and centuries certain traditions and customs emerged, which are still the hallmark of the traditional Cologne Carnival: the indoor festivities (sessions and balls) and, of course, the street carnival, culminating in the grand parade on Rose Monday.
		They are the Prince (Prince Carnival), the Peasant and the Virgin; with the latter two representing the wealth and defence readiness as well as the virtue and beauty of the free Imperial City of Cologne.
		You are welcomed to participate in the joyous affair of the Cologne Carnival, either attending the various indoor session and balls or celebrate in the streets of Cologne.
	www.colognecarnival.com (580 words)

	CANOE Travel - USA - Carnival parades going Mobile
		Virginia Moseley of Pascagoula, Miss., shopping for beads to wear to a Mardi Gras ball, said she attends carnival in nearby Biloxi, but prefers the smaller Fairhope parades for the children.
		The museum is open to the public for previews on Jan. 29, Feb. 5 and Feb. 7, and it expects a grand opening later in the spring.
		Mary Corlett, 73, said she attended her first Mobile parade as a seven-year-old and has watched it grow from horse-drawn floats to monster-size displays.
	travel.canoe.ca /Travel/USA/SouthernUSA/2005/02/03/919400.html (664 words)

	Carnival in Cologne - 2000 years of carnival (koeln.de) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Carnival in Cologne is almost as old as the history of the city itself.
		In the Middle Ages, the celebration of Carnival, the masquerade, often took on drastic forms, very much to the displeasure of the city council and the church.
		The boisterous street carnival was extended in the 18th century to include the so-called "Redouten", elegant masked and fancy-dress balls in Venetian style, which were initially the preserve of the aristocracy and the wealthy patricians.
	www.koeln.de /tourismus/karneval/eng-history.html (570 words)

	Welcome to Charger Band's Mardi Gras Celebration,page dedicated fondest memories
		Although this photo may have been taken during one of the wettest Carnival seasons, Charger Band normally participates in seven or more Carnival parades, and is one of only a small select group to perform in so many.
		Parades are hosted by social clubs called Krewes, and parade themes are usually based on mythological characters or stories.
		Lineup for uptown parades is at the corner of Napoleon and Tchoupitoulas, either on the neutral ground or adjacent streets.
	www.angelfire.com /band/opwchargerband/MardiGras2003.html (795 words)

	Topless takes center stage at Rio Carnival parades
		Unidos da Tijuca, the first of the seven schools to parade Monday, hit the runway with plenty of advance publicity after wrestling with the church over a giant cross and a painting of the Virgin Mary on its floats.
		A dancer who dared to paint the Brazilian flag on her nude body, attracting the notice of the police as well as the crowds during Sunday's parade, was still the talk of the town on Monday.
		The topless craze -- which has swept Carnival the same year that Rio women won the right to sunbathe without bikini tops -- even spread to the spectators as women in one of the VIP boxes casually removed their shirts.
	www.ainews.com /story/361 (582 words)

	Events in Germany - German Carnival, German Christmas Markets, German Grand Prix, Rhine in Flames, German Winefestivals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		In the afternoon Rhineland cities are commonly overflowing with "Jecken" or Carnival figures, by the evening the party continues with popular ghost processions, otherwise known as "Geisterzug".
		On February 10 of that year, Cologne celebrated the first Rose Monday Parade with the motto "Inthronization of the Carnival Hero", as a reminder to the former free imperial city of Cologne.
		he Carnival celebrations in Munich are known as Fasching and have a very different atmosphere from those in the Rhineland, tending to be influenced by the Carnival in Venice, the splendour of Viennese balls and the Battle of Flowers in Nice.
	www.germany-tourism.co.uk /pages/event_highlights_682.htm (1182 words)

	Carnival Parades (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Decorative and colourful, Float parades are a summer feature in both the towns of Mildenhall and Newmarket, followed by sporting and other general entertainments at their leisure grounds.
		Although Carnivals are usually low key events, Forest Heath Raynet, operating on behalf of the Medical user service, require a number of personnel to provide cover for the Parades themselves, an attendant Ambulance and for the First Aid units dispersed around the fields.
		Innocuous as these fun parades may seem, casualties have been sustained by children falling off floats, others by running into the road to retrieve flowers etc., and, of course, accidents occurring during the activities on the fields themselves.
	www.acld21.ukgateway.net /stable/carn.htm (252 words)

	Manhattan Samba Events
		The all-percussion ensemble is a traditional Brazilian bateria, based on the drum groups that accompany the yearly carnival parades in Rio de Janeiro.
		A master percussionist and samba dancer, Ivo has performed both in Brazil and in the U.S.A. Blessed with a mother who loved samba and Rio's carnival, Ivo was introduced to this wonderful world of rhythm, color and music at age five.
		For many years, he took part in the yearly carnival parades in Rio, both as percussionist and passista.
	www.manhattansamba.org /background.htm (791 words)

	USATODAY.com - Carnival parades roll despite chill in New Orleans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Carnival floats rolled for much of the day along St. Charles Avenue — the city's traditional route — and through its suburbs.
		The remaining six days of parades begin Thursday and end on Mardi Gras, which falls on Feb. 28 this year.
		Unable to buy insurance, Bards of Bohemia had to cancel its parade, which was slated to follow the Krewes of Carrollton and King Arthur in New Orleans.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2006-02-19-mardi-gras_x.htm (546 words)

	CNN.com - Brazil security tight for Carnival - Mar. 3, 2003
		Security was tight as authorities sought a solution to a week of shootouts that killed four people and saw dozens of buses and cars burned out, and buildings strafed with machine guns.
		The northeastern city of Salvador lays claim to the title of "Brazil's best Carnival," with dozens of huge sound trucks known as electric trios leading mobs of dancers through the streets, and where roaming gangs of men and women plant whopping kisses on unsuspecting partyers.
		The queen of the Salvador carnival is Brazilian pop icon Daniela Mercury, whose sound wagon set out early Sunday morning with dozens of other popstars onboard and thousands of partygoers in pursuit as she thrashed out some of her biggest hits, including "Pais Tropical" (Tropical Country).
	www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/americas/03/02/brazil.ap/index.html (540 words)

	Rio Carnival Parades Wind Down
		Two other parades featured scenes of repression and torture during the 21-year military dictatorship that came to an end in 1985.
		The city sponsored alternative parades and parties in a bid to take Carnival back to the street, but turnout was poor.
		Although the world-famous parades have come to an end, the party will continue for another day with revelers dancing to samba music in street parties.
	www.ainews.com /Archives/Story363.phtml (625 words)

	Carnival Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Isle of Wight is home to the highest concentration of carnival parades in the UK and possibly the World, including the only pre-lenten street carnival in the UK.
		Winter carnivals and Christmas lantern parades account for an additional 8 events in the carnival calendar - making a staggering 25 processions a year on an Island measuring just 23x15 miles.
		More than 50 mas bands and carnival groups, 6 samba bands, 2 samba dance troupes, 2 African drum groups, 1 steel band and 1 Moko Jumbie stilt troupe make these fantastic and vibrant carnival parades.
	www.carnivalisland.org (178 words)

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