International carnival

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• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

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24-2-2025

International Carnival

Today you will learn:

- Where Carnaval comes from.

- What Carnaval means around the world.

- Differences between the Netherlands and other places in the world.

You only need your notebook!

What do you know about Carnaval in the Netherlands?

What do you know about Carnaval around the world?

Next: video!

Let op de volgende dingen:

• Wat betekent 'Mardi Gras'?
• Waar wordt Mardi Gras gevierd?
• Welke kleuren horen bij Mardi Gras?

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Lent

Many Christian churches have a 40-day "season" of fasting called Lent, in which Christians prepare for Easter which is one of the two most important feasts in the Christian year (the other being Christmas). Easter is in late March or April. Lent always begins on a Wednesday, which is called Ash Wednesday in February or March. On that day, many people go to church and have some ash smeared on their forehead as a sign of sorrow for their sins. Then for 40 days, they try to work hard on improving themselves and thinking about the teachings of Jesus. It is usual for people to "give up" something for Lent. They might stop smoking or stop watching TV so they can spend more time reading the Bible or talking with the family. Many people give up all their favourite foods and have no cake, wine, beer, chocolate, ice cream or other luxury foods.

The name "carnivale" comes from Italian and means "putting aside the flesh". This means that during Lent people were not to think about their "flesh" (their bodies) but do things that were good for their souls. The word "flesh"" also means "meat" so many people would eat no meat during Lent.

 Carnival nowadays is all about partying. But back in the days, Carnivale was something of the Christian church. Many have a 40-day "season" of fasting called Lent, in which Christians prepare for Easter. This is in late March or April. 

Lent always begins on a Wednesday, which is called Ash Wednesday in February. On that day, many people go to church and have some ash smeared on their forehead as a sign of sorrow for their sins. Then for 40 days, they try to work hard on improving themselves and thinking about the teachings of Jesus. 

It is usual for people to "give up" something for Lent. They might stop smoking or stop watching TV to spend more time reading the Bible or talking with the family. Many people give up all their favourite foods and have no cake, beer, chips, etc.

The name "carnivale" comes from Latin language (carnelevarium) which means without (levare) meat (carn). Italy later made this carnevale, which was translated over the whole world. An example is Mardi Gras, the American start of Carnivale.

Wat betekent Mardi Gras?

1. Carnaval
2. Obese Wednesday
3. American Christmas
4. Fat Tuesday

In welke plek vieren ze GEEN Mardi Gras?

1. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2. Beijing, China
3. New Orleans, U.S.
4. Montreal, Canada

Welke kleuren horen bij Mardi Gras?

1. Red, Yellow and Green
2. Blue, Black and Gold
3. Green, Red and Purple
4. Green, Purple and Gold

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Mardi Gras

Wat zijn de verschillen tussen Mardi Gras en Limburgs carnaval?

Wat vind je van Mardi Gras?

Kort klassikaal bespreken.

Raise your hand, please!

2 videos

video 1: opening ceremony Carnevale in Venice

video 2: exclusive Carnevale dinner party in Venice

Carnevale

Wat zijn de verschillen tussen Carnevale en Limburgs carnaval?

Wat vind je van Carnevale?

Kort klassikaal bespreken.

Raise your hand, please!

WRITE: Welke Carnaval vind jij het leukst? Mardi Gras or Carnevale? Waarom?
You can try to write your answer in English :)

Task:

DUOS  -> Talk about each other's answers.

TALK in English

TIME: 5 minutes

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Hoeveel nieuwe dingen heb je geleerd vandaag?

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Waar komt Carnival vandaan?

1. From China
2. From Egypt
3. From Christianity
4. From ancient practises in Antartica

Wat betekent Carnival in de rest van de wereld?

1. The period of "lent" which will end at Easter.
2. A big party with costumes and parades.
3. Where we celebrate national pride and glory.
4. Christmas and Santa Claus.

What are the differences between the Netherlands and the world?

Are there other things you've learned?

What did you think about the lesson?

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