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In Latin America the carnival stretches from late Jan. to early March during the time leading up to Lent. In Latin America the carnival is celebrated in many places throughout South America. Carnaval, as spelled in Portuguese, is a 4-day celebration. It starts on Saturday and ends on fat Tuesday.

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In Navarre will see locals dressed as wild beasts head to toe as they march through the streets. They are leaded by  Joalduns "Those who carry the bells" to scare away the evil spirits.

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The elegance and opulence of the Venice Carnival is perfectly captured by the tradition of the carnival mask. The Carnival of Venice first appeared in 1162 and ran every year until 1797 when it was banned by the King of Austria and the wearing of masks was strictly forbidden

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In Mexico they have  the most famous festivities are those of Rio de Janeiro and New Orleans.

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In the Canary Islands people dress in white, head for the streets of the Canary Islands and throw talcum powder at each other for hours.

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Carnaval is an official Mexican holiday that kicks off a five-day celebration of the libido before the Catholic lent begins on Ash Wednesday. Beginning the weekend before Lent, Carnaval is celebrated exuberantly with parades, floats, costumes, music and dancing in the streets.And also some people dress as things such as Dolls and other things, and there are many types of foods you can eat in carnivals, And it is also very fun to be in them, how do i know, because i've been in one last year in mexico.

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In Spain, people will dress very scary and go up to people's door and ask for Eggs, Sausage, and Bacon because that is what they will have during lent.

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Every year in the villages around the portside city of Rijeka, big hairy bear-like characters come out to play. During Rijeka Carnival, Zvončari (bellmen) march from village to village chasing away evil spirits and starting the cycle of spring in an ancient pagan tradition that is now recognized by UNESCO.

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In Villinova, Spain they throw candy at each other so it turns into a bob-bon Bomb!

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During Carnaval, everyone participates in the many events and activities that make up the celebration. Wherever Carnaval is celebrated the whole town parties during the day and into the night, dressed in their masquerade outfits, enjoying food and drink and liquor. People of all ages throw and break cascarones, confetti filled eggshells, over each other. There are many booths that offer food, drinks, snacks and games and crafts of every type. Music of all sorts is played non-stop, by live bands, DJs or the boom box.

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neer the end of the festival in spain people elect the carnaval queen

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In Northern Spain you will find locals dressed in animal skin and wearing animal masks. They chase people away with brooms and go door to door asking for eggs, sausage, and bacon.

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Carnaval is officially celebrated for 5 days, leading up to Ash Wednesday, with the most vigorous celebration taking place over the one weekend in Mexico. The wearing of masks during Carnaval is said to be a pagan practice as protection from evil spirits, but most likely evolved as a way to participate fully in the celebration with some anonymity.

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The traditional llama llama (or diablada) became the main dance at the Carnival of Oruro. The main event takes place on Sunday as 28,000 dancers, 10,000 musicians and 400,000 visitors make their way along a two-and-a-half-mile processional route, repeating the journey for a full 24 hours dressed in extravagant outfits.

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childhood nightmares come to the village of Piasca in Cantabria northern spain.

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The Carnival in Spain is full of smiles and fun, where you may run into superheroes, medieval knights, pirates, clowns or zombies as you walk through the street.

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A colorful battle of orange balloons and confetti at the end of a parade in the Ribera Born district.

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In Madrid, Spain people bury a sardine.  The sardine represents the excess festival.  These excesses are considered destroyed.  They burn the sardine to mark a sin.

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In spain, When you are walking around in the streets you will run into scary dressed people who will do a ritual dance to ward off evil spirits and make spring a better season for growing.

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Also In some parts of Spain and Latin America, on Ash Wednesday, an unusual ceremony called El Entierro de la Sardina (literally, the burial of the sardine) takes place. A large number of people get together to observe a centuries old annual tradition of burying a dead fish (or the likeness of one). This ceremony is based on the belief of burying, symbolically, our past in the hopes of creating a better and more fruitful future. The first image of this “burial” was painted by Spanish painter Francisco de Goya in an oil painting called, “El Entierro de la Sardina”, dated between 1812 and 1819.

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Perhaps the most intensely celebrated Carnival event in Spain likely takes place in southern Spain and the Canary Islands. The largest fiestas are found in Cadiz, in Andalusi1 a, and Tenerife in the island of Las Palmas

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Spaniards dress in traditional costumes they wear.

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In spain The most important day of carnival is the Sunday, when most of the streets of Vilanova fill with traditional parades of dancing couples.But after all of that fun people come back to have (Sweet Wars).All day they throw yummy sweets at each other in a way where nobody gets injured

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In La huasteca people dance in the street in costumes such as monkeys, death, devils, women.

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On ash wednesday in spain for the sardine carnaval lots of people get together to go to the burial so they can observe a centuries old annual , The Men and women dress up in black period costume clothes the sardine is the symbol of the past liberating period while its death burial represent the end of carnival season and it marks the end of the carnaval!!

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In Barcelona People have Orange balloons and confetti at the end of the parade,also A king is buried and colorful costumes are appropriately exchanged to black mourning clothes, and also Fish is eaten on this day.

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In Spain the most celebrated Carnival takes place in Southern spain. In Spain, there are not many long periods without holidays. Even in the months that seem to avoid holidays, such as between x-mas and Holy Week. The Carnival in Spain is full of smiles and fun where you may run into superheros, medieval knights and other stuff.

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On Ash Wednesday the streets are packed with  fake weeping windows, men and women who follow a giant polystyrene. sardine to its burial.

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in laza they put old close and creepy mask and go walk around and any people grows in the way they whip them

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people put out some fireworks is in mexico the largest carnaval is 300,00 people.

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In spain, When you are walking around in the streets you will run into scary dressed people

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in spain people celebrate by having a stuffed donkey doll of off the edge of the top of their building

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in spain they celebrate by having a fight in mud

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In Madrid people will bury sardines. The sardines were meat and represent as the sin and symbolize the carnaval.

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When Fat Tuesday is being celebrated, well over 300,000 people go to a large celebration in Port city wearing their masquerade outfits and going on the many amusement rides they have at the celebration. They also celebrate with floats, music and dancing in the streets.

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In vilanova, spain, they have a fight all over the streets with candy, and turn it into a bon bon minefield.

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In Mexico, they use floats, before lent. Husbands, for 23.5 hour can do what ever they want as long as it is in religious beliefs.

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On ash Wednesday The king of Carnival (the sardeen) dies and is buried in its grave in a funeral cortege accompanied by his sidow and companions. On that day the fish is eaten.

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In Mexico, people throw and break cascarones, confetti filled eggshells, at one another

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In Madrid people bury a sardine.  The sardine represents the excess festival.  These excesses are considered destroyed. They burn the sardine to mark a sin.

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In Barcelona,they will disguise themselves,and they throw parades.When there are parades they are as colorful as the ones in Cologne or Mainz,and the bars are full.

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Flower  Queen gets a award for the best flowery poem in Mazatlan.

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In Mexico people of all ages throw and break cascarones, (confetti filled eggshells) over each others heads. This craft originated in China. By cracking them over each others head brings a shower of good luck and good fortune along with the spill of confetti. We also make a wish before attempting to crack an egg on your friend’s head. If the egg breaks right away on your first try, your wish will be granted. Because they are eggs they symbolize rebirth and Jesus’ resurrection.  Cascarones also represent the empty tomb, when you break the shell to fill it up with confetti you take out the actual egg out.

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On Ash Wednesday in Madrid, tons of fake weeping widows (man and women) follow a polystyrene sardine to it's burial. It represents burying the live excesses to rebirth the soul.

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In Vilanova, Spain they have candy wars to celebrate all of the food that they should have before giving it up so the kids have fun and get candy at the end to play and run around. Also it says that the streets turn into a Bon Bon Minefield so there is at least a Million pieces of candy.