What are the world famous carnivals and their introductions?

The carnival in Brazil is called the biggest carnival in the world and "the greatest performance on earth". It is held in the middle and late February every year for three days. At the carnival in Brazil, people don't want to show themselves, but to help others. Some men wish they were feminine; And some women who are usually introverted dance wildly. There are often "transvestites" in carnival. Among the carnivals in Brazil, the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro is the most famous and fascinating activity in the world. According to legend, the carnival in Rio de Janeiro began in the middle of19th century. At first, the carnival was small, limited to some indoor masquerade balls held by nobles. 1852, a band led by Portuguese Azevedo took to the streets. With the fast-paced music, men, women and children jumped up, and the whole city was full of joy. This action was a great success and became a milestone in the development history of the carnival in Rio de Janeiro, marking that the carnival has become a popular festival.

There was no fixed place for the carnival in Rio de Janeiro at first, and all the main streets in the city were the stage for samba performances. 1983, Oscar Niemeyer, a famous Brazilian engineer, personally designed and 60,000 builders Qi Xin worked together to build a samba dance venue that can accommodate tens of thousands of spectators in only 1 17 days. Since then, the carnival in Rio de Janeiro has a fixed place.

★ Notting Hill Carnival, UK

Notting Hill Carnival is the largest street culture and art festival in Europe, which is held every year in Notting Hill, West End of London, England. In 1960s, West Indian immigrants living in Notting Hill held a carnival because of homesickness. At that time, only a small group of people were walking up and down the street wearing national costumes and banging on steel drums. Decades later, it has developed into a grand multi-cultural festival and one of the most popular tourist projects in London. Notting Hill Carnival is second only to the carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and has always been famous for its rich Caribbean atmosphere. In costumes and masks, Notting Hill Carnival is like a fancy masquerade. On music, steel drum band, calypso songs and soga music are the soul of Notting Hill Carnival. The strong rhythm of the steel drum is enough to make the heart beat faster immediately; Calypso mythology's songs often improvise lyrics according to the latest current politics and social hotspots, but the humorous and ironic nature of the lyrics remains unchanged.

★ Cologne Carnival, Germany

Cologne Carnival is the most lively carnival in Germany, and necktie cutting is a unique custom of Cologne Carnival. On the day of "Women's Carnival Night", German girls patrolled the street with scissors and clicked when they saw any man who was not pleasing to the eye. Locals are familiar with this custom, and they all wear casual clothes on this day, and most of them are confused and miserable outsiders. On the morning of "Rose Monday", the parade representing the climax of the carnival officially began. The police on the roadside also changed their majesty and let the girls draw colorful lip prints on their faces. There are thousands of performance teams in the mighty parade, and there are all kinds of models on the float. Bush, Putin, Saddam Hussein and bin Laden are often chosen as targets of ridicule. As the float marched, thousands of spectators shouted "Give me sugar", and large pieces of chocolate, candy and countless flowers rained down from the float.

Interestingly, the total length of the Cologne Carnival parade route is 7 kilometers, while the length of the parade is 6.5 kilometers. In other words, people, cars and horses participated in the parade from the beginning to the end. The carnival scene lasted for five hours, and the strict Germans finally went crazy on this day.

★ Venice Carnival in Italy

Venice Carnival is one of the oldest and largest carnivals in the world today. Carnival in Europe is said to have originated from the ancient Shennong Festival. Every winter comes and spring comes, people automatically get together, singing and dancing to celebrate the beginning of agricultural activities in the new year. In the18th century, carnival activities were in full swing, and princes, ministers, gentlemen and ladies from all over Europe flocked to Venice to watch wonderful indoor music and drama performances and participate in mass revelry in streets and squares. Venice won the title of "Carnival City". The biggest feature of Venice Carnival is masks, followed by gorgeous costumes. This tradition can be traced back to 1700 years ago. The rich and the poor can blend together through masks. Behind the mask, social differences are temporarily eliminated. The rich become poor and the poor become rich. They greeted each other with respect.

★ Belgian Bansh Carnival

The moral of the festival is quite similar to that of the Spring Festival in China: to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, and the clown "Rile" is the protagonist of the carnival parade. They are wearing 4-inch thick wooden high-heeled shoes, red and yellow tights and a meter-long colorful ostrich feather on their heads. On the carnival day, all drinks and beer in all the shops in Bansh are provided free of charge. All the people here have no nationality or color, only revelry, indulgence and joy. Throwing oranges is the climax of carnival. The clowns threw golden oranges at the cheering crowd with a bamboo basket in their hands. Oranges symbolize good luck, and people who receive oranges are said to have good luck again and again. "Good luck" greetings, mixed with people's laughter and screams, turned the always quiet old town of Bansh upside down.

★ Beautiful Carnival in France

This activity originated from Catholics in the Middle Ages and was given a new meaning before Easter. So far, the Nice Carnival has been held more than 120 times. Float parade, various costume performances, music and dancing, burning "kings" and setting off fireworks have lasted for three weeks from February 12 to February 27. The population of Nice is over 300,000, but the participants of Nice Carnival will exceed 1 10,000. Of course, there are people from other countries to join in the fun, but most of them are French.