1. martes, el doce de febrero
LI – Citizenship – learning about other cultures and traditions

2. Hundreds of years ago, the followers of the Catholic religion in
Italy started the tradition of holding a wild costume festival right
before the first day of Lent. Because Catholics are not supposed
to eat meat during Lent, they called their festival, carnevale —
which means “to put away the meat.” As time passed, carnivals
in Italy became quite famous and spread to France, Spain, and
many Catholic countries in Europe and America.

3. Spain is well known for its many “Fiestas”. However of
all the crazy Spanish fiestas that take place throughout
the year there is nothing better than the Carnival
celebrations in late February. The week leading up to
Lent is a time for wild partying in some parts of Spain
when the country plays host to Europe’s biggest and
best Carnival festivals.

4. La cabalgata de carnaval
Carnival parade

5. Una carroza de carnaval
A carnival float

6. During Carnival week masked balls,
processions of decorated floats through
the streets, costume parades, and
feasting generally mark the celebration.

7. The first day of the carnival season varies from
country to country. Mardi Gras, Pancake Tuesday
come from the custom of using up meat and fats
in the home before Lent, but in Spain it is Fat
Thursday – Jueves Lardero. Very often in Spain
they eat omelettes rather than pancakes.

8. La Carnaval dura
diez días en febrero.
La Carnaval de Cádiz es
una fiesta musical.
Hay una competición musical
importante en el teatro en
Cádiz.

9. Muchos grupos de hombres
cantan canciones originales,
de política, amor y aventura.
Llevan sombreros, pelucas
y gafas.

10. Las canciones son ruidosas, divertidas o serias, de política, amor y aventura.
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11. The fun begins on 'Fat Thursday' ('Jueves Ladero')
7th February and ends the following Wednesday –
Ash Wednesday.
It ends with a traditional ceremony in which
It ends with a traditional ceremony in which
sardines are buried to symbolise the beginning of
sardines are buried to symbolise the beginning of
the fast.
the fast.

12. El entierro consiste (consist) en
un desfile (parade) que parodia
(that parodies) un funeral.

13. Las viudas (widows) de las sardinas
lloran y gritan (cry and scream) ...

15. El entierro de la sardina
The burial of the sardine
It marks the end of
carnival and the
beginning of Lent

16. Los fuegos artificiales
Fireworks
Grilled sardines

17. The dictator General Franco
banned “El Carnaval” for forty
years!

18. Carnival in Spain is celebrated nationwide. While each town
has its own unique celebration they all have a devotion to
having a good time. In these main destinations during
Carnival it seems that no one sleeps as the drinking and
dancing go from dusk until dawn. You’ll see extravagant
costumes and people in masks everywhere and, in any of
Spain’s Carnivals, you’ll have a lot more fun participating in
the masquerading than you will just watching.

19. Una máscara
A mask
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQWQ7GizK3c

20. El Carnaval masks!
-Cut out a basic mask shape.
-Draw your own, or use our templates.
-use coloured (preferably purple, gold
or green) card, or white card
-add colour, sequins, beads, ribbons,
glitter, feathers etc to decorate
-Using a hole punch, punch two holes at
each end and cut string or elastic to fit.
-decorate your mask to be really "over
the top" and fancy!

21. Some ideas