An exercise based on a video on Carnival in New Orleans

1. Carnival in New Orleans

2. Vocabulary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugGD_Zhv7KE&list=PL828C6A3554D8C941
 Float
 Costume / Fancy dress
 Parade
 To dress up as ….
 To wear a fancy dress
 To make fun of….
 Bands
 Fancy Dress party
 Lent
 To fast (not to eat for
 Easter
 Mask
 Pancakes
sometime)
 To promise to do
something

3. Part 1
 Where can we find the origins of Carnival?
 What was the feast of Saturn about?
 What was special about Fat Tuesday or Mardi
Gras for the Catholic community?
 Who brought Carnival traditions to the New
World?

4. Part 2
 Mardi Gras in New Orleans is packed with the
ancient elements of the _____________
 Most of the groups have names taken from
_______________ mythology.
 To keep the masses happy the Romans
_____________ things to them.

5. Part 3
 Nowadays, what do people throw from the
floats?
 What is Carnival about according to the
reporter?

6. Part 4
 When was the first documented procession in
New Orleans?
 From the beginning it was a mixture
of_______ traditions.
 The floats are decorated with a theme. What
message do they try to send?

7. Generalization
Parents tend to buy their
Parents tend to buy their
children’s costumes raher
children’s costumes raher
than make them
than make them
Friends usually
Friends usually
take part in the
take part in the
parades
parades
Most people
Most people
dress up for
dress up for
Carnival
Carnival
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It is common to make
traditional dishes
traditional dishes

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actually prefer
cooking to cleaning
cooking to cleaning