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Carnival starts the Saturday prior to Ash Wednesday and goes on for four days.
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Carnival and starts
Haiti Carnival always starts in January, known as ' Pre-Kanaval ', and the main carnival activities begin in February each year.
The festival starts with the entrance parade of the King Carnival, followed by a fancy-dress competition for children.
The first Cox Plate was run in 1922 and won by the English horse Violoncello who also won his next three starts during the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.
* Lent starts four days later than in the Roman Rite, so that there is no Ash Wednesday, and Carnival continues until " sabato grasso " (" Fat Saturday " in Italian ), corresponding to Shrove Tuesday ( called " mardi gras ", i. e. " Fat Tuesday ", in French ) in areas where the Roman Rite is used.
The New Orleans Carnival season, with roots in preparing for the start of the Christian season of Lent, starts after Twelfth Night, on Epiphany ( January 6 ).
The book starts where The Carnivorous Carnival left off.
The festival's events include a winter amusement park, with attractions such as skiing, snow rafting, ice sculptures, snow sled slides and outdoor shows and it is usually held in February. The Carnival starts on February 1st to 17th.
The eighth book also starts Olaf's open obsession with fire, as he burns down Heimlich Hospital in that book and then Caligari Carnival in the ninth book.
The first Sussex Bonfire Societies ' event starts with the Uckfield Carnival on the first Saturday of September and concludes with Robertsbridge and Barcombe festivals on the third Saturday of November.
* In Brazil, summer break starts in early December and ends in early February, sometimes being delayed until the week after Brazilian Carnival.
The Festival Week starts on the Saturday prior to the Carnival Day with seven days of events held in and around the area.
The Carnival starts on the Saturday before Ash Wednesday with the Battle of the Flowers, which is considered one of the main activities.
Carnival starts off with the Pre-Carnival activities.
The Carnival starts on the Saturday before Ash Wednesday with the Battle of the Flowers, which is the most important event of the carnival.
Carnival and Saturday
* Earliest day on which St Pauls Carnival can fall, while July 7 is the latest ; celebrated on the first Saturday in July.
In Milan Mardi Gras is not the climax of Carnival, since the Carnival lasts four more days, ending on the Saturday after Ash Wednesday, because of the Ambrosian rite.
The last day of Carnival, therefore, is the " Sabato grasso " ( Shrove or Fat Saturday ).
On Saturday evening 25 June 2011, the main street of Solo in Central Java turned into a massive runway as the 4th edition of Solo Batik Carnival was staged before enthusiastic spectators.
In the most part of the Archdiocese of Milan the Carnival lasts four more days, ending on the Saturday after Ash Wednesday, because of the Ambrosian rite.
The Strumica Carnival opens on a Saturday night at a masked ball where the Prince and Princess are chosen ; the main Carnival night is on Tuesday, when masked participants ( including groups from abroad ) compete in various subjects.
The Main Carnival street parade takes place on Saturday evening with thousands of Samba dancers flooding the streets of Funchal.
This event is the most important of Solsona's Carnival and takes place on Saturday night.
Carnival groups stand out for their clothes full of elegance, showing brilliant examples of fabric crafts, at the Saturday and Sunday parades.
The annual Carnival Steel Pan competition known as the National Panorama competition is held in the weeks preceding Carnival with the finals held on the Saturday before the main event.
In La Ceiba in Honduras, Carnival is held on the fourth Saturday of every May to commemorate San Isidro.
Langley Carnival, a day of fun and entertainment, is held annually on the second Saturday in July at the Langley Park Memorial Recreation Ground.
Every two years the fire station holds an open day, usually on the same Saturday as Littlehampton Carnival.
The annual North Petherton Carnival is part of the West Country Carnival circuit, and takes place in November, on the Saturday after the first Thursday in November.
Additionally, the Oakbank Racing Club holds the highly popular Oakbank Easter Racing Carnival with its two meetings on Easter Saturday and Easter Monday.
The Beer Festival the Friday and Saturday after the Carnival, Michelmas Fair-the end of September and the Christmas Lights Festival on the first Saturday in December.
Verwood also hosts three large family events, Verwood Carnival takes place on the last Saturday in June, the Rustic Fayre on August Bank Holiday Monday and Flameburst the last Saturday in October.
Carnival and prior
* Carnival on the Riviera is an annual parade through the streets to mark the 21-day period prior to Shrove Tuesday.
When Alpert and Moss found that there was prior usage of the Carnival name, their label became A & M Records.
In the months prior to Carnival, which takes place from late January to early March in Uruguay, each group will prepare a musical play consisting of a suite of songs and recitative ( heightened speech ) lasting around 45 minutes.
Evans played saxophone with many top jazz artists for years before taking an interest in R & B, first as a musician ( including Motown's touring band and the Apollo Theater house band ) and then getting into the record business as a producer and writer, also running two other small labels prior to Carnival.
Without consulting Wilder, Paramount Pictures executive Y. Frank Freeman changed the title to The Big Carnival just prior to its release.
* Australian rules football QFL games were played at the ground prior to, and just after, World War I. The ground hosted the 1950 Interstate Carnival, won by the Victorian Football League ( VFL ) side. The ground was also host to a VFL premiership match, Essendon vs Geelong, as part of Round 8, 1952.
Carnival and Ash
The terms " Mardi Gras " (), " Mardi Gras season ", and " Carnival season ", in English, refer to events of the Carnival celebrations, beginning on or after Epiphany and culminating on the day before Ash Wednesday.
The Carnival at Aalst, which is celebrated for the full week preceding Ash Wednesday, received the same recognition in 2010.
Carnival in Denmark is called Fastelavn, and is held on the Sunday or Monday before Ash Wednesday.
The Carnival week begins on the Thursday before Ash Wednesday with parades being held during the weekend and finishes on Ash Wednesday, with the main festivities occurring around Rosenmontag ( Rose Monday ).
It is held during the week leading up to Ash Wednesday, and typically includes masked balls, fancy dress and grotesque mask competitions, lavish late-night parties, a colourful, ticker-tape parade of allegorical floats presided over by King Carnival ( Maltese: ir-Re tal-Karnival ), marching bands and costumed revellers.
Dutch Carnival is officially celebrated on the Sunday through Tuesday preceding Ash Wednesday.
Although traditions vary from town to town, some common characteristics of Dutch Carnival include a parade, a " prince " plus cortège (" Council of 11 "), a farmer's wedding ( boerenbruiloft ), and eating herring ( haring happen ) on Ash Wednesday.
The Carnival festivities end on Ash Wednesday, when locals sit down for the " Batatada " or potato feast, in which the main dish is salted cod with potatoes, eggs, mint, bread and wine.
Funchal, the island's capital, wakes up on the Friday morning before Ash Wednesday to the sound of brass bands and Carnival parades throughout the downtown area.
In Trinidad & Tobago, Carnival is a festival season that lasts months and culminates in large celebrations in Port of Spain which is the capital of Trinidad, on the Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday with Dimanche Gras, J ' ouvert, and Mas ( masquerade ).
J ' ouvert, or " Dirty Mas ", takes place before dawn on the Monday ( known as Carnival Monday ) before Ash Wednesday.
Traditionally beginning on Friday and ending on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, " los Carnavales ", as Panamanians refer to the days of Carnival, are celebrated in almost the whole country.
Fastelavn is the name for Carnival in Denmark which is either the Sunday or Monday before Ash Wednesday.
The city celebrates Carnival starting the Friday before Ash Wednesday, with the burning of an effigy to represent “ bad humor ” accompanied by funeral music.
The four-day period before Lent leading up to Ash Wednesday, known as Carnival is well celebrated.
Rara is performed between Ash Wednesday ( the day after Carnival ends ) until Easter Sunday ( or Easter Monday in some parts of Haiti.
Modern Carnival on Dominica takes place on the Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, and is a festive occasion during which laws against libel and slander are suspended.
Carnival begins on the Thursday before Ash Wednesday with the traditional accompaniments such as food, amusement rides, local dances such as Los Doce Pares de Francia, Moros y Cristianos and Los Arrieros.
One last vestige of Carnival takes place on Ash Wednesday, when the Dance of the Chinelos is performed.
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