CARNIVAL AROUND THE WORLD

2. Carnival Around the World

3. VOCABULARY

4. SAMBA SCHOOL

5. PARADE

6. FLOAT

7. COSTUME

8. BLOCK STREET PARTY

9. BEADS

10. MASK BALL

11. FAITH JUSTICE POWER

12. FIREWORKS

13. RIO DE JANEIRO
BRAZIL
VENICE
ITALY
NEW ORLEANS
USA
NICE
FRANCE

14. Carnival in Rio
It is celebrated for 4 days in
FEBRUARY or MARCH, before Ash
Wednesday.
It is the most famous Carnival in the
world.
It consists of SAMBA SCHOOLS,
PARADES, FLOATS, COSTUMES
and BLOCK STREET PARTIES.

15. Carnival in
New Orleans
It is called “MADI GRAS”, a French
word for FAT TUESDAY.
The celebrations start on January
6th and continue until FAT
TUESDAY, the most important day.
It consists of PARADES, FLOATS,
COSTUMES and BEADS.

16. Carnival in
New Orleans
The colours of Mardi Gras are:
GREEN, PURPLE and GOLD. Green
represents faith, purple justice and
gold power.
The people on the floats throw
beads to the people on the streets
as presents.

17. Carnival in Venice
It is the oldest Carnival in the world.
It is celebrated for 10 days before
Ash Wednesday.
It consists of grand BALLS,
CONCERTS, DANCES and WATER
PARADES.
People wear elaborate COSTUMES
and MASKS.

18. Carnival in Nice
It is celebrated for 15 days in
FEBRUARY.
It consists of FLOWER PARADES,
FLOATS, COSTUMES, and PARTIES.

19. Carnival in Nice
It includes the famous “battle of the
flowers”. Each float has lots of people
on board who throw 80,000 to 100,000
flowers to an enthusiastic public.
On the last day, there is a BIG
PARADE and fantastic FIREWORKS.

20. Do you like Carnival?
What do you usually
do for Carnival?

21. Where would you like to
celebrate Carnival: in Brazil,
New Orleans, Venice or Nice?
Why?