Brazil's annual national Lent celebration, known for it's colorful parades, wild street parties, and awesome live performances by large samba "schools " Similar to Mardi Gras in New Orleans, though Carnaval takes place all across Brazil, and different cities try to top each other with their insane partying
A Catholic celebration in February or March A time when people enjoy excitement, intoxication, and sexual pleasure before the self-imposed abstinence of Lent Called "Mardi Gras" in French and "Carnival" in Spanish