Carnival of Madeira
carnival madeira portuguese carnaval da madeira annual festival held forty day easter end fat tuesday called fat tuesday madeira terçafeira gorda portuguese day ash wednesday first day lent certain day lent roman catholic traditionally abstained consumption meat poultry hence term carnival carnelevare remove literally raise meat one first major festival year madeira apart dia do real madeira carnival known one best europe traditionally two main carnival parade madeira different allegoric parade take place always saturday carnival weekend sophisticated one need great deal commitment organisation group people involved numerous samba group thousand participant magnificent colourful costume dance electrifying samba music street funchal spreading ambiance evoking rio carnival second parade called ‘trapalhão’ older used occur island flood street city centre thrilling joy terçafeira gorda ending carnival period parade everybody take part – sometimes quite daring – costume depicted caricature left participants’ imagination parade defined itinerary city centre end municipal square praça município entertainment live music costume competition provided least one month carnival peak time bestknown established carnival group visit hotel entertain guest dance music performance th century people madeira emigrated hawaii took tradition malasadas terçafeira gorda shrove tuesday called malasada day hawaii traditionally people madeira eat malasadas terçafeira gorda shrove tuesday reason making malasadas use lard sugar house preparation lent much way tradition pancake day uk originated shrove tuesday malasadas sold alongside main carnival parade saturday last one trapalhão terçafeira gorda shrove tuesday arguably brazilian carnival could historically traced period portuguese age discovery caravels passed regularly madeira territory already celebrated emphatically carnival season loaded good also people ludic cultural expression lend would become biggest cultural manifestation modern brazil malasada página turismo da madeirain portuguese magical forest theme carnival portuguese madeiraislandstravel program madeira carnival madeira seeker portuguese