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Irreverence, Colors and African Heritage in Carnival in Salvador

Feb 11th, 2010 | By Priscila | Category: English

As mentioned in the previous article about Carnival in Salvador, some blocos don’t have abadás but special costumes related to a theme. Here are some of them…

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Quem é o mais belos dos belos?

Feb 11th, 2010 | By Priscila | Category: Português

Como foi dito no último artigo sobre o carnaval de Salvador, alguns blocos não desfilam com abadás, mas com fantasias típicas ou temáticas. Estes são alguns deles:
Afoxés
Os blocos afoxés surgiram por volta de 1895. Seus foliões g...



Understanding Carnival Like The Brazilians

Feb 4th, 2010 | By Priscila | Category: English

Last year we published an article about Carnival with emphasis on the Samba Schools Carnivals that happen mainly in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Another kind of Brazilian carnival is the one of Bahia, with trios elétricos and blocos de carnaval.



Atrás do trio elétrico só não vai quem já morreu

Feb 4th, 2010 | By Priscila | Category: Português

O Brasil é famoso mundo a fora por seu carnaval. O tema já foi abordado aqui o ano passado com ênfase no carnaval de escolas de samba, que acontece principalmente no Rio de Janeiro e em São Paulo. Outro tipo de carnaval do Brasil é o da Bahia, c...



Get into Carnivals with Lexiophiles

Feb 23rd, 2009 | By Yanghe | Category: English

With coming to end of carnivals in the world, Lexiophiles has finished the series of carnival custom in different countries articles. We would like to make a conclusion and integrate them in one list to make you more easily to index them.

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Carnaval no Brasil – música, cores e competição

Feb 18th, 2009 | By Vitoria | Category: Português

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O Carnaval representa o que realmente é ser brasileiro. Junta elementos de nossa cultura em um festival aguardado por todos, no qual cada um pode – ao menos por alguns dias – ser o que quiser.
Carnaval é época de mandar t...



Brazilian Carnival – Music, Colors and Competition

Feb 18th, 2009 | By Vitoria | Category: English

Carnival is the ultimate expression of what it is to be Brazilian. It is a joyous celebration of all that is Brazilian in a festival that is awaited by everyone, in which people can be – at least for a few days – whoever they want to be.

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元宵节:中国的狂欢节

Feb 17th, 2009 | By Yanghe | Category: 汉语

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无论是在南美还是欧洲,很多国家正沉浸在狂欢节的喜庆气氛中。Lexiophiles已经发表了很多篇文章介绍狂欢节在各国的传统和风俗。“狂欢节”对中国人来说是一个很西方的词汇...



“Lantern Festival” — The Chinese Carnival

Feb 17th, 2009 | By Yanghe | Category: English

There are many countries involving in carnival now, wherever in Latin America or Europe, which has been introduced by Lexiophiles recently. “Carnival” is a very western word for Chinese people, since we do not have “Carnival” in our country. H...



Carnivals in Colombia

Feb 16th, 2009 | By Maribel | Category: English

Carnivals are everywhere and Colombia is not an exception. Our carnivals where introduced by the Spaniards a long time ago and have elements from the European Culture as well as African and Amerindian. The most famous ones are Barranquilla’s Car...