Learning activity 1

Evidence: Take a break

Select a celebration around the world and describe it according to the format.
Include images to illustrate your ideas. You can find and example in Introductory
material section 1. Describing celebrations and special occasions around the
world. You have to make your description in minimum 250 words.

Aspects Description Image

What it is Carnaval de rio de

celebrated? janeiro, Brazil.

This celebration takes

place in Brazil and
although officially the
Carnival lasts four days,
from Saturday until the
Tuesday before Ash
Wednesday (the exact
date varies between
Where and February and March),
when it is which marks the
celebrated. beginning of Lent, the
celebrations invade the
neighborhoods with
street parties, parades,
dances and free
concerts throughout the
week or even before.
 What people use in this
event so striking in all of
Brazil and the world is a
kind of very cheerful
What people clothes, masks or
wear? costumes and where
people of all social
classes could be
confused many times.

What people do in this

party is fun, know the
customs of this place, it
is said that these
celebrations are not
exclusive to Brazil, but
were developed in
various places in Latin
What people America and that music
do? and dance, which
depends of the region
where Carnival is being
held, for example, in
some cities it is not the
Samba music that is
most danced and
enjoyed in Carnival
times.
 Because without a
doubt the most famous
event of the year is the
Rio de Janeiro Carnival,
one of the biggest
shows in America and
one of the biggest
Why it is a manifestations of Rio's
special culture, which fills the
celebration. streets of the city with
music and color a week
and that has its
culminating point in the
spectacular parade of
the Samba Schools that
takes place in the
Sambadrome.