O CARNAVAL QUE NÃO VIVI

Jacques Ouday.

Gosto do Carnaval.

É uma festa popular anual de três dias.

Nunca tive o prazer de participar nesta festa.

A razão é que vivi num pais muçulmano (Marrocos) onde esta festa não existia.

No entanto via o que se passava na Europa (Venezzia, Nice ... ) e também e sobretudo no Brazil (Carnaval do Rio de Janeiro) grande prazer de ver na televisão o baile de Máscaras , os Corsos Floridos, o Rei Momo, os desfilos das Escolas de Carnaval, a Música...

E também desta época, a partir do 2 de Fevereiro, e para os gulosos, aparecem os deliciosos crepes.

Tudo isto para esquecer os cuidados da vida durante um certo tempo.

OUTROS POVOS OUTRAS CULTURAS

Shirley Dodd

I have been to the Carnival in Loules many years ago but we do not have Carnival in Englan d. We have pancakes to eat which we eat with honey or sugar and lemon and sometimes jam. This is on Pancake Tuesday which is the last day before Lent starts. It was to use up all the fats before the fast started for Lent.
The Carnival in Loule was very enjoyable if a little messy with all the coloured water that was thrown about. The floats were very colourful but I think that the people who were taking part, especially the girls who didn´t have a great deal of clothing on, must have been quite cold. We were advised to were old clothing so it did not matter that we were dampened with the coloured water.