A friend from college spent a year in Brazil and always talked about Carnival. I've heard about it hear and there over the years but never really new exactly what it was about. I thought it was time to look into it more. The following Wikipedia information can be found
here.
- Annual festival held 40 days before Easter
- The term "carnival" comes from carnelevare, which means "to remove/raise meat" since part of the tradition is to abstain from consuming meat and poultry.
- Carnival is the most famous holiday in Brazil
- Festivities last for about a week, day and night
- The consumption of beer accounts for 80% of the annual amount and tourism receives 70% of Brazil's annual visitors
- Modern Carnival originated in Rio de Janeiro in 1641.
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