Carnival is known all around the world because you can dress up as everything that comes up to your mind without any kind of critics. Also, people get fun doing that kind of things and going outside dressed up only for joking with their friends, for example.
The most popular place to celebrate Carnival, is Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil.
The tradition came out due to a Roman custom caulled Saturnalia. It consisted on drinking alcohol without stopping for 2 days because the romans wanted to applaud the god Bacchus, the god of the wine. Roman men were so drunk that they decided to change their roles between masters and servants.
The time passed by and this tradition became everytime more celebrated and finally it lasted for a whole week.
Carnival became famous in Brazil, so people started using shiny bikinis decorated with feathers and other fashion stuff like beads.
They practise for 4 days to be prepared for the Sambódromo, a competition about Samba with very big rewards for the crews which participate on it. Because of that, a lot of people takes part there and it's a very popular place to do some tourism.
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