By DC Terminology What is Carnaval It started in the 1900s when the country declared its independence from Spain and was celebrated for the four days before the Catholic holiday of Lent ID: 449206
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Carnaval De Panama
By D.C.
Terminology Slide2
What is Carnaval ?
It started in the 1900’s when the country declared its independence from Spain, and was celebrated
for
the four days before the Catholic holiday of Lent.
The word Carnaval means “feast
of the
flesh” because
, during
Lent, people can not eat any meat for forty days.
In the beginning, the holiday was similar to the other Latin countries, but later on; Panama had its culture and customs mixed in the holiday and made it unique to the rest of the
world.
It is a celebration that is four days long, and it is the second largest carnival in the
world.
The carnival stretches from Las Tablas to Panama City, which is around 112 miles to 121 miles; and it is also a four hour drive.Slide3
What Happens during
Carnaval?
The Carnaval begins on the Friday before Ash Wednesday.
On
that day, the Carnival Queen and her court is chosen and some of the city hotels sponsor dancing events in the evening.
On the main street of Panama City, people start to crowd onto the street, eager to dance; the people dance every Spanish dance from the salsa to Panama folk
music.
Tuesday is the biggest
Carnival celebration
day, which
has
a New
Orleans
theme
parade with decorated floats and costumed brigades from all sectors
of society, and the
party
finishes in the early hours
of the
morning.Slide4
Traditions
of Carnaval
One Panamanian
tradition during
Carnaval is
the, "mojaderas" or "getting drenched" in
water because the temperatures are very hot, and no one wants to get heatstroke. People get wet by fire hoses, water balloons, or buckets of water
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keep your phones or any electronic devices at home.
On Sunday, the women dress in their native dress and have their own
parade
called
a "pollera" parade because it is the type of dress that the women and girls wear.
In Las Tablas, there is a “feud” between two
groups called Calle
Arriba, “Upper
Street,”
and
Calle
Abajo, “Lower
Street
,” which compete to see who can make the best elaborate floats and who has the best Carnival Queen.
At the end of the last day of Carnaval, sardines are put in little coffins and are thrown into the ocean or buried beneath a tree to signal the start of Lent. Slide5
Examples of Carnaval MasksSlide6
Video D
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