Brazilian Carnival : The World 's Most Notorious And Humongous Parties

The modernize approach of religion and traditions of the old African culture now converted into an Afro-Brazilian culture that still has an impact and exists today which is also still celebrated in Brazil. I believe that without slavery, many of the importance of both sides of society selling slaves and buying slaves would not have shaped humanity in the modern world. “Two centuries had seen African and European cultural religious and linguistic habits merging into unique Afro-Brazilian social and religious customs, music, and storytelling (Nellis 62).” The cultural influence of Afro-Brazilians has persistently grew from celebrations like carnaval into a mainstream popular culture. Brazil holds a variety of different ideas, culture and people. These ideas and traditions include musical interests, dancing, different food dishes, literature and art, festivities, and religious practices.

Different nations have different cultural practices. Even though globalization has to lead to the extinction of numerous cultures, most Americans and Brazilians still practice their traditional cultures. Today most people think that because Brazil is in America, they have the same culture. This is not true since both America and Brazil have numerous differences regarding their culture.

This Carnival, considered the most indigenous of the carnival, has only access to the traditional groups that gave rise to the celebration, which over the years have maintained almost intact their roots with a complete waste of music, dance and "gozadera", as say the hosts.

Carnival season during evening provides readers with a sense of mystical imagery. As dusk is about to fall, mystery is in the air and gives readers an unearthly feeling. Traditional Italian carnivals are documented to have taken place since the fifth century. These celebrations were meant to make the most of the last few days before the fasting period of Lent. During this time, to keep the lower classes from protesting the inequity of life, wealthy men were only allowed to publicly wear their jewelry during holidays and carnival. This law catalyzed the tradition of the outrageous disguises with outlandish decorations. Festivities allowed freedom of expression as everyone followed in the grandeur of costumed dress. Carnival season was peaceful and fights seldom broke out. Masks erased all distinctions and barriers brought on by social class as the public escaped from the conformity of daily life (The Tradition of Carnival in Venice). The party of carnival is loud and bustling amidst intoxicating celebration with everyone disguised in costumes hiding their identities and motives. In this scene, Fortunato dresses as a jester, while Montresor adorns himself with a mask and dark cape (Poe 14). Poe makes these costume choices to outwardly indicate the intentions of the men. He shows his

Brazil is one of the most visited place in the world and also one of the most diverse countries in the world. More than 75millon people of African decent live in Brazil, this makes it the second largest black population in the world. Its attracts a large number of people because of it architecture, slums and rainforest. Brazil is contradictory because its was the last country to abolish slavery but also the first to claim that it was a racial democracy. Most people might not know that Brazil has its racial problems and that it has been going on for a long time. Brazilian race relations and conceptions of race are somewhat different from the United States. In Brazil most African descendents are people live in

Blues for New Orleans: Mardi Gras and America’s Creole Soul by Roger D. Abrahams is a book about the upbringing of the New Orleans Mardi Gras carnival. This is one the most famous carnivals held in New Orleans. The festival Mardi Gras “Fat Tuesday” incorporates “such events as costumed float parades, neighborhood marches or second-lines, street gatherings, informal parties, and formal balls in New Orleans, Biloxi, and Mobile, among other Gulf Coast cities and towns.” (1) The author, Roger D. Abrahams throughout his book, speaks of the carnival from all differ perspectives and compares it to other countries held around the world. He also addresses, how before Hurricane Katrina and afterwards, the Mardi Gras festival and the culture/ tradition

Mardi Gras falls on a Tuesday (Fat Tuesday). For an entire month before the Catholic holiday of Ash Wednesday, the entire state of Louisiana is in carnival mode, and there is no mistaking when this special time of the year begins in New Orleans. During carnival, the faint but rhythmic sound of marching bands in the distance seems to be almost constant. Parades both big and small fill the streets almost every day. Walk by any local bakery and you’re almost guaranteed to catch a cinnamon whiff of the traditional King Cakes that true NOLA residents only eat during carnival. Homes and other buildings all around the city are decked out in purple, yellow, and green, and the

The concept of aesthetics describes what people of certain cultures tend to consider to be popular or in good taste (Wild & Wild, 2014). To this extent, despite being mostly unified by a single language, Brazil represents such a diverse culture that regional aesthetic variances could almost seem like they were different countries altogether (Castano, Goossens, Terlouw, and Vliet, n.d.). According to Encyclopedia Britannica, of all the cultures that make up the Brazilian way of life, the Portuguese culture is the dominant influence and provides the main language, religion, and many customs. Indigenous Indians and African influences are also apparent in some forms, especially in certain parts of the country.

Over the past several decades there has been a change in masquerade costumes worn during Trinidad’s pre-Lenten Carnival (hereby referred to as Carnival). The growing global popularity of Carnival has left many concerned that the modern costume, consisting of bikinis, beads and feathers will continue to dominate and lead to the disappearance of Carnival’s “traditional” meanings and creativity. The emergence of Independent Mas reflects the growing desire for an alternative to the bikini and beads mas-bands; one such band, Vulgar Fraction, is arguably more “traditional” in their

Bailes are community-wide dances that are hosted in various Brazilian slums known as favelas (McNally 435). Each week, thousands of poor Brazilians flock to crowded street alleys lined with massive window-rattling speakers to hear the latest Brazilian funk. This tradition has been a staple in the Rio de Janeiro entertainment scene for decades. Bailes attract regular attendees, known as funkieros, of all ages ranging from as young as 7 or 8 years old to participants well over the age of 18 (Robinson). Most importantly, these community bailes were, and still are, the integral avenues through which funk carioca has been developed and

Although I am currently studying in FSU-Panama, on my spring break/carnivals I had the opportunity to travel to Bogota and while there I went to different museums around the area. The first image I chose, in the back is the statue of Simon Bolivar, libertador of Colombia. This statue is located in the center of the Bolivar Square an iconic place in Bogota. Simon Bolivar statue was created in 1846 by Genoese sculptor Pietro Tenerani and it is the first statue in the city of Bogota. Resting in the heart of the historic part of Bogota this monument is made out of bronze its scale is not enormous as I first thought, its height is approximately 2 meters and it is placed over a concrete pedestal. This monument conveys grandeur, it was stablished

Brazil's individual national character and rich musical tradition are the result of a profound mingling of races that has been ongoing in the country since the landing of Pedro Alvares Cabral in April 1500. Even before this event the indigenous Indians of Brazil had an already conventional musical culture; they sang in chorus and solo, played horns, whistles, and flutes, and beat out rhythms with foot-stamping, beats, hand-clapping, rattles, and drums. With the Portuguese invasion came the violin, piano, clarinet, guitar, and tambourine. These were incorporated into the musical forms of modinha, moda, fofa, acalanto, and fado, which were songs of lullaby, sentiment, and dance. The Portuguese also brought religious festivals and pageants such as the bumba-meu-boi and reisado. The former in festivity of the Epiphany and the latter a rich enactment of the death and resurrection of a mythical bull. Entrudo, a rude festivity considered to be the precursor to Carnival, was also brought by the Portuguese. Less than forty years after the arrival of Cabral, the first African slaves were brought to Brazil. With them came another racial, cultural, and musical infusion. There were three main ethnic groups that contributed to the boiling Brazilian melting pot: the Sudanese, the Bantu, and the Moslem Guinea-Sudanese. They contributed the circle dance and lundu song, a precursor to the samba. (Smith)

A part of the beautiful beaches and tourist destinations, Brazil have an interesting history and culture. I was studying in my Sociology class that the way we see a race here in the U.S. is different than the way Brazilian see that all races in Brazil are a mixture of Black, white and Native People there. They do not categorize people into groups. The intermingled of Europeans, Asians, Africans and Native Americans transform Brazil in becoming the melting pot of South America. They have a carnival classed as being one of the best in the world. They also have an interesting cuisine. The Amazonian forest and the people who live there is also something I would like to study about. The African roots and European touch that creates Samba, Bossa nova music is amazing. Their love of soccer is something that would like to understand the origins for it is my favorite sport. Brazil is rich in term in all the sense of the

Already on Uruguayan soil, in colonial times; the times of Carnival and Christmas and New Year, Montevideans black slaves were lined with bright robes and gaudy and went outside to travel to town walls, whose feet may sing their songs and perform dances. Some common practices carnival in Europe, bran and flour shed, shed water syringes, throw eggs, oranges, or alternative objects were foreign into the South American nation. in line with Juan Carlos Victor Maria de Borbon y Borbon pattern, it's attainable that in 1860, once 2 sources known as "Wells of the King", the "van guerrillas" were disseminated and adapt the primary carnival practices were

The BOP of Brazil (exhibit 5) shows that since 2000 the country was constantly a net exporter until 2014. The profile of its exports consists mainly of raw materials such as crude oil, iron, raw sugar, soybeans, etc. The collapse of commodities prices (exhibit 9) in the middle of 2014 reduced the ability of Brazil’s economy to end 2014 with a positive current account. The fall of oil prices also strongly contributed to that and Brazilian economy finished 2014 with a deficit in the Balance of goods of nearly $ 4 billion. Brazil’s GDP as expected finished 2014 with just 0.1% growth, announcing that tough times would follow.