Category:Carnaval

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Carnival / Carnaval

A non-religious holiday associated with the Christian religious week of lent where everyone parties and celebrates before ash Wednesday when all Catholics must abstain for such behavior for and extended period of time. In Brazil it starts on the Saturday before Ash Wednesday and ends midnight Tuesday night. In many parts of the world this is called Mardi Gras.

The spelling carnaval is the Portuguese spelling of the English word carnival.


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