Best carnivals in the world 2

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VIAREGGIO CARNIVAL ITALY:

The Carnival of Viareggio (Italian: Carnevale di Viareggio) is a carnival event annually held in the Tuscan city of Viareggio, in Italy. It is considered amongst the most renowned carnival celebrations in both Italy and Europe.

The peculiarity of the Viareggio Carnival consists in giant, allegorical papier-maché floats – the biggest ones weighing about forty tons – and expresses today the old knowledge that goes back to the ancient ‘trionfi’ (war-victory feastings) of the Renaissance, adhering even more to the building techniques of the big sailing boats, a  pride of Viareggio traditions.

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Every evening, there are carnival celebrations in all of the city’s different districs. The most famous bars, restaurants, discos, etc., including the largest hotels in Versilia, host colourful all night masked carnival parties.

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO CARNIVAL:

ART AND A GREAT PARADE – THE HIGHLIGHTS

Known as the biggest street party on Earth- Trinidad and Tobago’s Carnival is officially celebrated on the Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday every year. The Carnival festivities start just after Christmas and continues until Ash Wednesday-loaded with dozens of high energy parties and premier cultural competitions. 

Carnival Monday opens with J’Ouvert at 4am, when revellers parade through the streets immersed in paint, grease and mud until sunrise. Later in the day on Monday and all day on Carnival Tuesday, thousands of masqueraders flood the streets throughout the islands in bold, colourful costumes, dancing through the parade routes to the exhilarating sounds of soca, steelpan and calypso music. From its diverse people and culture to its amazing biodiversity, Trinidad and Tobago breaks the mould of the typical Caribbean destination. These islands boast a year-long calendar of cultural events and festivals on both islands, friendly, multi-ethnic people and amazing opportunities for eco-adventure: everything from birding to biking to hiking to diving and cave exploring.  

MAJOR EVENTS ARE:

PANORAMA the music competition, KINGS AND QUEENS COSTUME COMPETITION, DIMANCHE GRAS, J’OUVERT, CARNIVAL MONDAY AND TUESDAY, MAS, CALYPSO, SOCA, FETES, EXTEMPO, CHUTNEY, BRASS, ALL-INCLUSIVE FETE, and BOMB COMPETITIONS.

Trinidad Carnival, Queens Park Savannah, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago

 

SITGES CARNIVAL SPAIN: 

Sitges Carnival is one of the world’s top 10 carnivals and attracts more than 250,000 people to Sitges over 7 days with amazing parades, shows and parties. This is one Winter festival you don’t want to miss!

Each year in the run up to Lent, Sitges comes alive with its most famous yearly celebrations – Carnival. The event is celebrated throughout Spain and indeed, the world. It marks the last chance to let your hair down and get up to mischief before the forty days of Lent begin.

LAS PAMAS DE GRAN CANARIA CARNIVAL: 

The Carnival of Las Palmas is one of the most famous Carnivals in Spain. The event is held each February and hosted by Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Events include the Queen Gala and Draq Queen Gala. Bands of streets musicians and costume revellers fill the street to the rhythm of batucada.

The different events last over a week in this winter festival, the main one in the capital of the island of Gran Canaria. The great idea of combining both Carnival and the beach attracts tourists and locals to the biggest celebration in Gran Canaria.

IVREA CARNIVAL ITALY:

The Battle of the Oranges is a festival in the Northern Italian city of Ivrea, which includes a tradition of throwing of oranges between organized groups. It is the largest food fight in Italy. The core celebration is based on a locally famous Battle of the Oranges that involves some thousands of townspeople, divided into nine combat teams, who throw oranges at each other – with considerable violence – during the traditional carnival days: Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. The carnival takes place in February: it ends on the night of Shrove Tuesday with a solemn funeral. Traditionally, at the end of the silent march that closes the carnival the “General” says goodbye to everyone with the classical phrase in dialect “arvedse a giobia a ‘n bot”, translated as “we’ll see each other on Thursday at one”, referring to the Thursday the carnival will start the next year.

Some 6,000 people, divided into nine teams dressed in brightly colored costumes, wage a fierce orange-throwing battle their rivals standing on carts drawn by horses. Some participants enrol at a young age.

NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL LONDON:

The Notting Hill Carnival is an annual event that has taken place in London since 1966 on the streets of Notting Hill, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, each August over two days. A free celebration of the capital’s Caribbean communities, their culture and traditions, which has been taking place since 1964, featuring two days of fantastic live music ranging from reggae to dub to salsa. The celebration includes 37 static soundsystems, soca floats, steel bands and a whole lot of jerk chicken and fried plantain. This year, Carnival is going ‘Green for Grenfell’, celebrations will come to a halt for one minute’s silence at 3pm on both Sunday and Monday in memory of the 80 people who died in the blaze at Grenfell Tower in June.

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CALABAR CARNIVAL NIGERIA:

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Calabar Carnival festival in Nigeria, also tagged ” Africa’s Biggest Street Party”, was created as part of the vision of making the Cross River State in Nigeria, the number one tourist destination for Nigerians and tourists all over the world.
The programme of the event at the carnival are drafted each year by the committee in charge of tourism and cultural activities and new initiatives are introduced every year. In December 2009, Carnival Committee organized “Carnival Cup 2009”, a football competition amongst the five competing carnival bands – Seagull, Passion 4, Masta Blasta, Bayside and Freedom. The Festival which also include music performance from both local and international artists, the annual Calabar Carnival, Boat regatta, Fashion shows, Christmas Village, traditional dances and the annual Ekpe Festival is a yearly events that bring in thousands of tourists at the time of the year.

Other activities lined up for the year according to their work plan, include the second edition of Essay Writing Competition which will involve both secondary school and tertiary students, and this will commence in few weeks. These competitions are aimed at resuscitating the reading culture amongst the youths of the State as well as inculcating the carnival culture.

LAGOS CARNIVAL NIGERIA:

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The Lagos carnival also known as the Fanti or Caretta Carnival of Lagos, is the most prominent in West Africa. The carnival is usually held during the Lagos Black Heritage Festival, a colorful folk festival which holds annually in Lagos.
The origins of the carnival dates back to the Lagos colonial period when the Brazilian former slave returnees came back to reside in Lagos in the 19th century. The carnival was re-instated in 2010.[2] The event is usually centered on Lagos Island, filled with troop displays of beautiful costumes and various forms of entertainment including music and dancing. The carnival portrays an eclectic mixture of Nigerian, Brazilian and Cuban heritage of the city.

GOA CARNIVAL INDIA: 

Goa Carnival is the most famous festival in the state and has been celebrated since the 18th century as a precursor to the abstinence of Lent. The ‘Carnaval’ is exclusive and unique to Goa, and was introduced by the Portuguese who ruled over Goa for over five hundred years.

In 2017, the festival was celebrated from 25–28 February. In the urban areas, the float parades were held in state-capital Panjim (Panaji) on 25 February, Margao on 26 February, Vasco da Gama on 27 February, and Mapusa on 28 February.

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