On Friday we are going to celebrate it at school!!! Have you thought which fancy dress to wear?
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Upper-secondary
1. Go to to http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2011/feb/14/readers-tips-carnivalsaround-
the-world. Find the answers to these questions:
1. In Dominica, the carnival is a mix of two traditions. What are they?
2. What kind of battle do they have in the Nice carnival?
3. What do people sing about in the Cádiz carnival?
4. What do they bury in Ash Wednesday in Santa Cruz de Tenerife?
5. Which two instruments are played in the Fasnacht carnival in Switzerland?
6. Which town in Germany has straw bears in their carnival?
7. What kind of music can you hear in the Trinidad and Tobago carnivals?
8. What’s special about the giant heads in the Barranquilla carnival in Colombia?
9. What kind of fights do they have in the Oruro carnival in Bolivia?
10. How long does the Montevideo carnival last in Uruguay?
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ReplyDeleteFind the answers to these questions:
1. In Dominica, the carnival is a mix of two traditions. What are they?
These two traditions are African masquerade and French carnival.
2. What kind of battle do they have in the Nice carnival?
The battle of flowers (on the Promenade des Anglais).
3. What do people sing about in the Cádiz carnival?
Groups sing about current news.
4. What do they bury in Ash Wednesday in Santa Cruz de Tenerife?
They bury a sardine.
5. Which two instruments are played in the Fasnacht carnival in Switzerland?
They are played by lanterns and drums and piccolos.
6. Which town in Germany has straw bears in their carnival?
Empfingen is the town which has straw bears in their carnival.
7. What kind of music can you hear in the Trinidad and Tobago carnivals?
We can hear soca music.
8. What’s special about the giant heads in the Barranquilla carnival in Colombia?
These giant heads have long noises.
9. What kind of fights do they have in the Oruro carnival in Bolivia?
They have water-balloon fights.
10. How long does the Montevideo carnival last in Uruguay?
It last 40 days.
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ReplyDelete1. In Dominica, the carnival is a mix of two traditions. What are they?
It's a mix of African masquerade and French carnival traditions.
2. What kind of battle do they have in the Nice carnival?
Battle of the Flowers.
3. What do people sing about in the Cádiz carnival?
In the Cádiz carnival sing about current news.
4. What do they bury in Ash Wednesday in Santa Cruz de Tenerife?
The Burial of the Sardine.
5. Which two instruments are played in the Fasnacht carnival in Switzerland?
The two instruments are drums and piccolos.
6. Which town in Germany has straw bears in their carnival?
The town is Empfingen
7. What kind of music can you hear in the Trinidad and Tobago carnivals?
You can hear soca music.
8. What’s special about the giant heads in the Barranquilla carnival in Colombia?
The special is they’ve got long noses.
9. What kind of fights do they have in the Oruro carnival in Bolivia?
The water ballon fights.
10. How long does the Montevideo carnival last in Uruguay?
It lasts more than 40 days.