General
This is a special type of clothing you wear during festivals or carnivals
What is a costume?
Binche, is a small town in this French and Flemish speaking country, were people celebrate Carnival for weeks with expensive masks, costumes and feathers
What is Belgium?
Despite having much older origins, modern Carnival is associated with this religion
What is Christianity/Catholicism?
This date marked the last day of Carnival in 2026
What was Tuesday February 17
This bleached white Andalucian city is known for its Carnival tradition of making fun and satire of society and politics.
What is Cadiz?
Carnival is usually celebrated during what month(s)?
What is February/March?
This country Latin American is where the popular dance Samba developed
What is Brazil?
This ancient civilization had festivals and religious celebrations that are recognized as the origins of carnival
Who are the Romans/Who are the Pagans?
During the 20th century, Carnival was heaily restricted and in some places banned under what Spanish leader
Who was Francisco Franco?
In Ivrea, Italy, participants in Carnival throw this citrus fruit at each other to mimic a battle against a tyrant
What are oranges?
A period of time when you eat no food or only very plain food
What is a fast?
In Brazil, dancers traditionally cover themselves in these to resemble vibrant birds
What are feathers?
Carnival in Brazil has roots in Indigeous, African, and the traditions of this country that colonized the American
What is Portugal?
A large wooden version of this fish is set on fire to close out the Carnival celebrations in many parts of spain
What is a sardine?
In Bolivia, Carnival dances dress up as these scary creatures with colorful masks and fancy costumes for the D
What are devils
Carnival traditionally happens before this religous period
What is Lent/Quaresma?
In Rome, Italy, the Via del Cross gets its name from this Carnival activity, which the Italian word "corso" refers to
What is racing?
in 1699, a man from this country introduced Mardi Gras to what is present day New Orleans
What is France?
The largest Carnival in Spain and the second largest in the world happens in this country
What is Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands?
In Trinidad to make freedom from societal norms and a free spirit, people throw and cover themselves in these messy substances.
Name one
What is mud, oil, and paint?
The names Carnival, rooted in the latin phrases of carne levare and carn vale, as well as Mardi Gras, the US celebration of carnival, both allude to this food that is traditionally not eaten during Lent
What is meat/fat?
Trinidad and Tobago is an island country in this collection of islands in the Western Hemisphere
What are the Carribbean Islands/ the West Indies?
Who is Dionysus/Dionisio?
In Ciudad Rodrigo, a city close to Salamanca, Carnival is celebrating in part by letting this animal run and chase people rhrough the streets
What is a bull?
In greece, one town has a kitched war where people throw this ingredient, usually used for baking, at each other, turning the whole town white
What is flour?