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Encyclopedia > Amazon Carnival

Amazon Carnival is an annual carnival feast celebrated in July in the city of Parintins, Brazil and protagonized with two major blocks: Garantido and Caprichoso. It's based on local folk elements and indigenan culture. The name Amazon may refer to several concepts: The legendary Amazons, women renowned in antiquity for their prowess in battle. ... Swabian-Alemannic carnival clowns in Wolfach, Germany A carnival parade is a public celebration, combining some elements of a circus and public street party, generally during the Carnival Season. ... Village Feast. ... July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... Folk can refer to a number of different things: It can be short for folk music, or, for folksong, or, for folklore; it may be a word for a specific people, tribe, or nation, especially one of the Germanic peoples; it might even be a calque on the related German... Indigenous peoples are: Peoples living in an area prior to colonization by a state Peoples living in an area within a nation-state, prior to the formation of a nation-state, but who do not identify with the dominant nation. ...


This celebration was unknown for the majority of the Brazilians up to 1996 when a musical group Carrapicho introduced the hit Bate forte o tambor. This song is used until today in the traditional Brazilian Carnival to celebrate the culture of the north of the country. 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Samba School Parade The Brazilian Carnival is an annual celebration, celebrated forty days before Easter (marking the start of Lent), in Brazil. ...


See also

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External links

  • Official Festival Website

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This is for sure the most known Carnival event of the world and to some people the greatest show on earth.
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