Brazilian Carnival
The Brazilian Carnival is known as the largest carnival in the world and is known as "the greatest show on earth".
It is held for three days in mid or late February every year.
At the Brazilian Carnival, everyone does not want to express themselves, but wants to help others.
Some men wish they had female characteristics; while some usually introverted women do a wild dance.
"Transvestites" often appear at carnivals.
Among Brazilian carnivals, the Rio de Janeiro Carnival is the most famous and fascinating event in the world.
According to legend, the Rio de Janeiro Carnival began in the mid-19th century.
Initially, the carnival was small in scale and was limited to some indoor masquerade balls held by nobles. In 1852, a band directed by the Portuguese Azevedo took to the streets.
With the lively music, men, women and children all jumped up, and the whole city burst into joy.
This action was a huge success and became a milestone in the development history of Rio de Janeiro Carnival, marking that Carnival became a popular festival.
The Rio de Janeiro Carnival did not have a fixed venue at the beginning. All the main streets in the city were stages for samba performances.
In 1983, the famous Brazilian engineer Oscar Niemeyer designed it himself, and 60,000 builders worked together to build a samba dance venue that can accommodate tens of thousands of spectators in just 117 days. .
Since then, the Rio de Janeiro Carnival has had a fixed venue.
Notting Hill Carnival, UK
Notting Hill Carnival is the largest street culture and arts festival in Europe, held every year in the Notting Hill area of ??West London, UK.
In the 1960s, West Indian immigrants living in Notting Hill held a carnival because of their homesickness. At that time, there was only a small group of people wearing national costumes and beating steel drums on the street. Just walking around.
Decades later, it has grown into a massive multicultural festival and one of London's hottest tourist attractions.
The Notting Hill Carnival is second only to the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and has always been known for its rich Caribbean atmosphere.
In terms of costumes and masks, the Notting Hill Carnival is like a bizarre and gorgeous masquerade; in terms of music, the steel drum band, calypso songs, and soga music are the hallmarks of the Notting Hill Carnival. soul.
The strong rhythm of the steel drum is enough to make the heart beat faster immediately; calypso songs often improvise lyrics based on the latest current affairs and social hot topics, but the humorous and ironic nature of the lyrics and music remains unchanged.
Cologne Carnival, Germany
Cologne Carnival is the most lively carnival in Germany, and tie-cutting is a unique custom of Cologne Carnival.
On the day of "Women's Carnival Night", German girls patrolled the streets with large scissors, and clicked when they saw any man they didn't like.
The locals are familiar with this custom. They wear casual clothes on this day. Most of the people who suffer the consequences are foreigners.
On the morning of "Rose Monday", the most important event of the Carnival officially begins.
The police on the roadside also changed their usual dignity and allowed the girls to put colorful lip marks on their faces.
In the mighty parade, there are thousands of performance teams, and there are various models on the floats. Bush, Putin, Saddam and Bin Laden are often chosen as Object of ridicule.
As the float marched, thousands of spectators on the roadside shouted "Give me candy", and large pieces of chocolate, candies and countless flowers fell from the float like raindrops.
Interestingly, the total length of the Cologne Carnival *** route is 7 kilometers, and the length of the teams participating in the *** is 6.5 kilometers.
In other words, from the beginning to the end of the *** route, there are people, cars and horses participating in the ***.
This carnival scene lasted for 5 hours. The usually strict Germans finally went crazy on this day.
Venice Carnival, Italy
The Venice Carnival is one of the oldest and largest carnivals in the world today.
European carnivals are said to have originated from the ancient Shennong Festival.
Every year when winter turns to spring, people automatically gather together to sing and dance to celebrate the beginning of the new year's farming activities.
By the 18th century, carnival activities were at their peak. Princes, ministers, gentlemen and ladies from all over Europe rushed to Venice to watch wonderful chamber music and drama performances, and to participate in public carnivals on the streets and squares.
Venice then earned the title of "Carnival City".
The biggest feature of the Venice Carnival is its masks, followed by its gorgeous costumes.
This tradition can be traced back to 1,700 years ago.
The rich and the poor can blend together through masks.
Behind the mask, social differences are temporarily erased.
The rich became poor, and the poor became rich.
They greeted each other respectfully.
Banche Carnival in Belgium
The meaning of the festival is quite the same as the Chinese Spring Festival: bidding farewell to the old year and welcoming the new year, and the funny clown "Rile" is the protagonist of the carnival ***.
They wore 4-inch thick wooden heels, red and yellow tights, and one-meter-long colorful ostrich feathers on their heads. On the day of the carnival, all the drinks and beer in all the stores in Banche were Free supply.
There is no distinction between nationality and color among all people here, only carnival, indulgence and joy.
Orange throwing is the highlight of the carnival. Clowns each hold a bamboo basket and scatter golden oranges to the cheering crowd. Oranges symbolize good luck. Those who catch the oranges are said to have good luck. Again and again.
The greetings of "good luck to you", mixed with people's laughter and screams, turned the usually quiet old town of Banche into a commotion.
Nice Carnival, France
This event, which originated from medieval Catholics' "eating, drinking and having fun" before Easter fast, has been given new meaning.
The Nice Carnival has been held for more than 120 times so far, with floats and floats, various costume performances, music and dance, burning of "Kings", and fireworks. It is lively from February 12 to The 27th lasts for three weeks.
The population of Nice is only over 300,000, but the number of participants in the Nice Carnival will exceed 1 million.
Although there are people from other countries who come to join in the fun, the vast majority are French.