Carnival in Brazil

Today I decided that I’ll explain a little bit about the carnival of Brazil, the costumes and what the people do. Carnival is the most famous holiday in Brazil. It is not about a big moment in history or about a famous person, but it is important for the people because it's a time of camaraderie, freedom, and almost a whole week without work. People can choose between parties or rest, and most people choose parties, day after day, night after night. It starts forty days before Easter. It's based on the Christian calendar, but it isn't approved by the Church very well. It lasts four days and four nights. It starts on Saturday and finishes on a Thursday. People put on their costumes and go out into the streets or to clubs. There are also the Samba schools which make a parade showing their music, fantasies, and allegorical cars. They are followed by the people. Every year the parade tells a different story. Each city has one or more schools like this. Carnival is celebrated in the south where by Wednesday everything comes back to normal. The problem is that it is not approved by the church in the Northwest where carnival is more traditional. There people don't respect its end and continue to party until the next Sunday.
I like the Carnival because everybody dances and has fun. I like all the parties! In Brazil it is the only national holiday that mixes the whole country and its different kinds of people and cultures together.
Every Carnival, since I was child, I dressed up as something, here you can see some of the photos from when I was small.

In this photo you can see my brother and me Here, when I was three years old.

Clàudia, Laura and Cristina

My brother and me