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What is meant by the word MASK

It is usually the covering of the face, which one imagines someone else. People dress up as demons, ghosts. For many nations, masks are bearers of extraordinary sanctity and thus are protected by a special taboo. Danger, based on the masks are expressed in the many myths. Despite the cultural history found a mask of the entrance to the theater.
Today, the mask is preserved in certain tradition, but by far not a matter of dramatic cultural use. It is rather an amusement and relief.
The smallest possible carnival masks are masks that are individually decorated and overlap only part of the face. In many cases, people use options, complemented by a full mask costume.
We'll get costume famous people such as Marilyn Monroe or Michael Jackson. Much of the popular supernatural beings like Dracula, witches, ghosts and spirits. People use and fairy tale creatures, like Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood or princess.

Rio de Janeiro, a city carnivals
Each year, forty days before Easter, breaks out in Rio's largest and most anticipated event of the year. Traditional carnival that marks the beginning of Lent. Carnival lives whole city. People dancing really everywhere - in bars, parks, plazas and beaches.
Many visitors say it's the biggest show in the world. The long procession full of samba. This period is coming to a city of music and dance most tourists.

Center of all events is called. Sambodrome - open stage. It is a carnival parade. According to the data center to cram as many as seventy thousand spectators. At the place where it is best to see it pay big money for tickets. People can own eyes to see the world's best dancers samba.
The main program runs from nine o'clock in the evening. During four nights at the Sambadrome showcasing the best samba schools. Each school receives money from the city's institutions and the whole year preparing and rehearsing program, which lasts around seventy-five minutes. The jury evaluates the choreography, costumes, ideas and selected music.
History of Carnival in Brazil since 1641. The first carnival was inspired by French customs. Until the nineteenth century, took the form which the whole world knows today. Traffickers sell tickets to twenty thousand. It is best to buy your ticket well in advance through a travel agent.

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