“It’s Carnival!” – 10 palavras-chave pra você se virar no Carnaval em Inglês
O Carnaval é uma das principais manifestações culturais da cultura brasileira. Comemorações com características regionais acontecem por todo o país, atraindo turistas de todo o mundo. Para você se divertir e até se comunicar com algum gringo que encontrar, separamos uma lista de 10 palavras interessantes:
1 – Sambadrome – The avenue where the main Carnival parade takes place in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro;
2 – Carnival – The four days of fun, dance and energy before the Ash Wednesday;
3 – Float – Thematic cars specially designed and decorated for the parades, where revelers are driven by dressed in costumes during the parades, most common in Rio-Sao Paulo kind of party.
4 – Float Band – Commonly seen in Bahia streets, these vehicles are usually adapted trucks, fully equipped with powerful sound systems where singers and bands perform live shows while a big crowd follows them dancing and singing along;
5 – Street Carnival – Traditional carnival in Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo, Rio and other Brazilian states with shows, Carnival Blocks and some Carnival Marchs. Revelers parade wearing make up and preferably light costumes for the day;
6 – Carnival Blocks – Groups of that go out to take part on the street carnival with marchs, different names, well organized or not.
7 – Frevo Dance – Folk Music and Dance from Pernambuco state street Carnival.
8 – Maracatu Dance – Another type of folk music and dance originally from Pernambuco state, in the northeast of the country.
9 – Abada T-Shirt – Common word used to define the “abada” charged as a ticket/entry to get closer to the Float bands and get places;
10 – Mardi-Gras – It’s the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday.
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