sábado, 17 de febrero de 2018

Carnival in Spain: Music and Dance

In all the cities of Spain that celebrate the carnival, the streets are filled with people who want to enjoy a show like the parade of comparsas, where they meet both dance, music, and disfrases. In Cadiz you can enjoy the famous chirigotas, which are groups that sing satirical and humuristic songs about the streets about society.
People go to the streets in disguise and sing coplas full of irony and criticism, also to laugh and make people laugh; his participation is essential for an unforgettable carnival.

https://laemadrid.com/tradiciones-de-carnaval/?lang=es

http://marcaespana.es/actualidad/sociedad/carnavales-en-espa%C3%B1a-m%C3%BAsica-baile-y-humor-en-las-calles


Carnival in Spain: Typical costumes

Unlike other countries, in Spain people can dress up as they want, with what they can afford to buy, since this is a peace party that consists of having a good time regardless of the social or economic level in which find a person However some people have chosen to take into account some pagan rites for what they tend to disguise as zamarracos, cucurrumachos, trapajones, and wild bears.



Carnival in Spain: Food

The carnival of Spain is celebrated in almost all its cities, but mainly in Cadiz and the Canary Islands, where gastronomy plays a very important role to make it a true carnival.
Undoubtedly, the favorite food of these festivities in Spain are the ears or small vegetables. Also the donuts, the sweet pancakes stuffed with applesauce and salted pancakes, the Casadielles, their delicious fried milk, and they could not miss the carnival tortillas, normal and with pumpkin.

http://www.1080recetas.com/menu-dia/menu-carnaval/459-menu-carnaval-platos-tipicos-carnaval-espana

http://sevilla.abc.es/gurme/gastronomia/cocina-de-carnaval/



Carnival in Brazil: Curiosities

The carnival in Brazil is the largest in the world, with an income of 665 million dollars, in which one of the biggest attractions for tourists is the samba parades, which had previously begun as street parades. best competitions in the country. Each year this carnival attracts more than 50,000 people from all over the world; there is also a carnival of pets annually although it is not official.
By tradition, the Carnival of Rio de Janeiro is celebrated 40 days before Easter. During the carnival the prices of hotels, meals, and refreshments amount to double. In addition, tickets to the carnival must be set aside four months in advance.

http://bcmviajes.com/curiosidades-del-carnaval-de-rio-de-janeiro/

http://cnnespanol.cnn.com/video/carnaval-rio-de-janeiro-curiosidades-samba-sambodromo-pkg-digital-original/



Carnival in Brazil: Dance and Music

The samba is the national dance of Brazil, in which people express the beauty of their body with sensual movements, and it belongs to features of historical character that define one of the most important traditions of the carnival. The dancers and the carroses that accompany them are divided into schools, each school represents a concept, from which a theme is chosen so that it is presented in the parade through the dance and the image. In general, these themes are related to a historical aspect, this to enrich the carnival more, and to give people a message of reflection.

https://www.viajejet.com/trajes-tipicos-de-brasil/#carnaval

https://www.carnavales-brasil.com/brasil/carnaval/el-samba.asp



viernes, 16 de febrero de 2018

Carnival in Brazil: Typical costumes

The most important cities where the carnival is celebrated are in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Salvador de Bahía, Recife and the municipality of Olinda. In all of them parades are carried out with allegorical cars, and people with interesting disfrases. These carry a variety of bright colors, lights, brightness, hand embroidery and a well-made makeup.
These people are dressed according to a specific theme, and in most cases, they are half-naked without caring what they think of it.

https://www.viajejet.com/trajes-tipicos-de-brasil/#carnaval



Carnival in Brazil: Food

Brazil offers great shows in these festivities, which can not miss a delicious typical dish, mainly the feijoada, which is made with black beans and lots of pork, accompanied by citrus fruits for better digestion. Another typical dish in the Brazilian Fricase, which consists of a stew where the food is fried with scrambled eggs, and are also seasoned with lemon and parsley. In addition to this, you can not miss the appetizers such as cassava croquettes, chicken drumsticks, and cheese bread.
You can not miss a delicious drink, as is the caipirinha, made with liquor made of sugar cane, lemon, crushed, and sugar.

http://archivo.elcomercio.pe/gastronomia/internacional/lo-que-se-toma-come-carnaval-brasil-noticia-723949



Carnival in Ambato: Curiosities

In Ambato other than celebrating the carnival, at the same time there is also the party of flowers and fruits, this name is due to the great floral and fruit production of the first months of the year that takes place in this city. This celebration is held in commemoration of the victims of the earthquake on August 5, 1949.

https://somosciudad.byclaro.com.ec/5-curiosidades-sobre-la-fiesta-de-las-flores-y-las-frutas/


Carnival in Ambato: Dance and Music

In the streets of Ambato, especially those that surround Montalvo Park, in these dates there is also a parade of flowers and fruits, where several people dressed in striking costumes, perform well-rehearsed choreographies, or at night people and tourists can enjoy a good dance to the rhythm of the folk music of the artists and professionals invited by these parties.

https://www.eluniverso.com/vida-estilo/2015/02/14/nota/4553536/danzas-comida-tipica-espuma-carnaval
http://www.ecuavisa.com/articulo/noticias/nacional/361451-famoso-taita-carnaval-se-festejo-ambato-guaranda-gualaceo



Carnival in Ambato: Typical costumes

The Cathedral is one of the places where this festival is celebrated more frequently, during two weeks there is a great variety of activities and events of a productive, artistic and cultural nature, that can be enjoyed at the Ambato carnival; Among them are the parades with the allegorical cars and the people who make beautiful choreographies wearing striking costumes of different colors and painted faces with vegetal colors.



Carnival in Ambato: The food

At the same time that the carnival is celebrated in Ambato, the feast of flowers and fruits is also celebrated. This beautiful city besides offering shows, is characterized by the great variety of foods belonging to its gastronomy. These are just some examples of their most famous food: the llapingachos, the roasted guinea pig, the pinllo bread, the broth of tripe, broth of 31, yahuarlocro, fritada, and the potatoes with leather.

http://tixilemafanny.blogspot.com/2013/03/comida-tipica-de-la-provincia-de.html