Brazil's annual national Lent celebration, known for its colorful parades, wild street parties, and awesome live performances by large samba "schools." Similar to Mardi Gras in New Orleans, though Carnaval takes place all across Brazil, and different cities try to top each other with their insane partying; in recent years it has become a more regimented, controlled event... But, still... what a party

The festivity which, in Brazil, takes place during the 4 days ending on Shrove Tuesday. It is the last chance for Catholics to have some fun before the abstinence of Lent - hence the name which originates from 'without meat'. In many countries this festival is called Mardi Gras.

A gathering with music and dance, percussion is provided using improvised instruments such as frying pans and bells.

Robert Schumann's Carnaval, Op. 9 was written in 1834-1835 and dedicated to the violinist, Karol Lipiński. It is subtitled Scènes mignonnes sur quatre notes (Little Scenes on Four Notes). It consists of 22 pieces for piano connected by a recurring motif.

Carnaval (Russian: Карнавал) is a ballet of the Ballets Russes, based on the music of Robert Schumann's, Carnaval, for piano, as orchestrated by Aleksandr Glazunov, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Anatole Liadov, Alexander Tcherepnin. It was choreographed by Mikhail Fokine to his own libretto, with costumes designed by Leon Bakst, and premiered in Pavlovsk on 5 March (old style, 20 February) 1910.

Carnaval est un logiciel destiné au calcul de masques et d'ensoleillement. La version actuelle permet de calculer les trajectoires solaires et les masques de terrain liés au relief .

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