Carnival of Ovar
carnival ovar european portuguese kaɾnɐˈval dɨ oˈvaɾ major portuguese tourist event take place ovar aveiro region event organized modern fashion since attracts thousand visitor every year eventually became trademark event city mixing local tradition samba school parade since stand one traditional celebration portugal also arguably claimed best carnaval country ovar carnival celebration first mentioned local newspaper early late th century similar version current event established around socalled dirty carnival consisted dirty battle using flour egg dust soot modern organized carnival held first time various group friend organized neighborhood began celebrate carnival creative orderly way eventually ovar neighborhood joined competition popularity started attract increasing number tourist first samba school ovar costa de prata started contemporary era ovar carnival introducing current samba element carnival ovar official website