Carnival Rio de Janeiro | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
February 15, 2010 by lindsey
Filed under International
The Brazilian Carnival, or Carnaval is an annual festival in Brazil held four days before Ash Wednesday, the day of fasting and repentance that marks the beginning of Lent. The celebration originated in Rio de Janeiro in 1641, when the city’s bourgeoisie imported the practice of holding balls and masquerade parties from Paris. It originally [...]
