WHAT

AT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT CARNIVAL?

1. Name 3 towns famous for their carnivals.

a. in your country
b. in other countries

2. What do you enjoy doing at carnival time? Talk to your partners about it.

a. wearing fancy dress

b. organizing party
c. making a float
d. watching a parade
e. going to a party
f. visiting carnivals in other towns

CARNIVAL IN BRAZIL

Carnival is the most famous holiday in Brazil and it has become an event of huge proportions,
4.9 million people visited Rio de Janeiro’s carnival in 2011. Except for industrial production, the
country stops for almost a week and the festivities are night and day, mainly in coastal cities,
such as Sao Paulo, Recife, Salvador, Olinda and Puerto Seguro.
Segu

It is not just a time for fun but a highly competitive occasion. Groups from 1,500 to 4,000
people compete to see who can dance best and create the most original costumes. The dance
rhythm, participation and costumes vary from one region to another. H
Huge organized parades
are led by samba schools and every year each school chooses a theme for the procession,
usually connected to a current event or popular personality.
Follow up activity
In groups students work together to discuss and plan

a) Plan a fancy dress party b) Design a carnival

val float
What is the theme? What is the theme?
Where and when is the party? Is it something political, historical, a
Who will you invite? famous singer, actor?

What will you wear? What will the float consist of?

How will you make the Who will go on it?

costumes? What will you wear?