Carnaval 2020 Rio

The (: , IPA: ) is an annual festival held between the Friday afternoon before and Ash Wednesday at noon, which marks the beginning of , the forty-day period before Easter. During Lent, Roman Catholics and some other Christians traditionally abstained from the consumption of meat and poultry, hence the term "", from , "to remove (literally, "raise") meat."Carnival of BrazilPortugueseCarnaval do Brasil[kaʁnaˈvaw]BrazilianAsh WednesdayLentcarnivalcarnelevare[2]

Rhythm, participation, and costumes vary from one region of Brazil to another. In the southeastern cities of , , and , huge organized parades are led by . Those official parades are meant to be watched by the public, while minor parades () allowing public participation can be found in other cities, like , also in the southeastern region. The northeastern cities of , , , and have organized groups parading through streets, and public interacts directly with them. This carnival is also influenced by cultur…