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Trinidad and Tabago Carnival: One Festival, Many Faces A girl throws yellow paint in my face. I’m not angry. I laugh and I throw paint at her. is is fun! is is Carnival— Trinidad style. Carnival is a festival that takes place before the Christian season of Lent, 40 days before Easter. e date changes every year, but it is usually in February or March. It is the last chance to have some fun before Lent begins. More than 300,000 tourists come to New Orleans for Carnival. And they spend half a billion dollars! Around the world people celebrate Carnival in different ways. In New Orleans, musicians play jazz and people dance in the streets. In Rio de Janeiro, samba schools spend a year making fantastic costumes for the Carnival parade. In Venice, they wear beautiful masks. In some parts of Germany, for one day the women take control of the town and cut off men’s ties. Here in Trinidad, people party! It is two o’clock in the morning on Dirty Monday and we are having a street party. People get dressed in old clothes and throw mud and paint at each other. But tomorrow the serious celebrations begin. People spend the whole year making costumes and writing songs for Carnival. Tomorrow is their big day. ere is a competition for the best costumes and songs. e winners get money and a car. It’s serious business. So, why don’t you come to Trinidad to celebrate Carnival?
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D GOAL 4 COMPARE DIFFERENT FESTIVALS
Reading
Goal 4 Compare different festivals
Share your writing with a partner Tell your partner how your festival is different from Carnival
Writing
Trinidad and TabagoA Look at the photos Guess the country
Carnival One Festival Many Faces
A girl throws yellow paint in my face Irsquom not angry I laugh and I throw paint at her This is fun This is CarnivalmdashTrinidad style
Carnival is a festival that takes place before the Christian season of Lent 40 days before Easter The date changes every year but it is usually in
February or March It is the last chance to have some fun before Lent begins
The costumes often take a year to make and cost thousands of dollars
Samba schools compete in the Sambadrome
More than 300000 tourists come to New Orleans for Carnival And they spend half a billion dollars
Around the world people celebrate Carnival in different ways In New Orleans musicians play jazz and people dance in the streets In Rio de Janeiro samba schools spend a year making fantastic costumes for the Carnival parade In Venice they wear beautiful masks In some parts of Germany for one day the women take control of the town and cut off menrsquos ties Here in Trinidad people party
It is two orsquoclock in the morning on Dirty Monday and we are having a street party People get dressed in old clothes and throw mud and paint at each other But tomorrow the serious celebrations begin People spend the whole year making costumes and writing songs for Carnival Tomorrow is their big day There is a competition for the best costumes and songs The winners get money and a car Itrsquos serious business
So why donrsquot you come to Trinidad to celebrate Carnival
Write about a festival in your country Answer these questions
a What is the name of the festival b When do you celebrate the festival c Why do you celebrate this festival d What do you do
Word Focus
tie = a long piece of cloth worn around the neck usually worn by men
Songkran is a very important festival in Thailand It is the Thai New Year and we celebrate it from the 13th to the 15th of April
We celebrate it to say goodbye to the old year and to welcome the new year
Traditionally at Songkran we visit old people to pay respect And many people clean their houses But the best part of Songkran is when we throw water at other people in the street We even throw water at strangers but they do not get angry Itrsquos just good fun
B Circle T for true or F for false
1 People often wear costumes for Carnival T F
2 The writer comes from Trinidad T F 3 In New Orleans people
dance in the street at Carnival T F 4 Carnival is in May T F 5 There are Samba schools
in Venice T F
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