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Carnival 

Carnival

Carnaval

Carnival is ...

1. Fun
2. Stupid
3. No idea, never celebrated before.
4. I'm just glad it's a holiday

Brief history

- Catholic feast, preceding the period of Lent (NL=vasten). 

- Taking place in February or March: date depends on Easter; -> seven weeks before.

- Just a little celebration before Lent begins. 

- Lent is a time of moderation, simplicity and reflection .

Brief history

- Officially from Sunday to Tuesday. (in many cities on Saturday already a carnival parade)

- Tuesday is called Fat Tuesday (that's when you were allowed to eat lots and lots of fat before fasting began).

- Wednesday after carnival is called Ash Wednesday. (Everyone used to go to church then to get an ash cross). 

It's name

- From ‘Carnevale’: Latin for ‘goodbye meat’ .

During Lent, people did not eat meat.

- ‘Carrus Navalis’. Latin for ‘ship's chariot’.

A ship on wheels with jesters who made 

fun of peopleridiculed. 

Round 1: witte gij 't?

• facts about carnival
  
• you get a number of multiple-choice questions

What does the word carnival mean?

1. Farewell party
2. Goodbye beer
3. Goodbye meat
4. Goodbye

From which time did the original carnival originate?

1. Middle Ages
2. Renaissance
3. Prehistory
4. Enlightenment

What is the rationale behind carnival?

1. experiencing the upside-down world
2. reason to offend another person
3. annual booze party
4. last sin before fasting

How long did carnival originally last?

1. four days: Saturday to Tuesday
2. three days: Sunday to Tuesday
3. two days: Monday and Tuesday
4. one day: Tuesday

When does carnival start?

1. 11 weeks after Christmas
2. 11 weeks before Ascension
3. 40 days before Easter
4. 40 days after Christmas

What are the carnival colours?

1. Red white blue
2. Red yellow green
3. Blue yellow white
4. Orange yellow green

What do you call the Wednesday after carnival?

1. Cross Wednesday
2. Herring bite Wednesday
3. Ash Wednesday
4. Wash Wednesday

Which period comes after carnival?

1. Chilling out
2. Pray
3. Lent
4. Going to church

How long does Lent last?

1. 30 days
2. 40 days
3. 45 days
4. 60 days

Which feast will mark the end of Lent?

1. Easter
2. Ascension
3. Pentecost
4. Christmas

What is the symbolism of '11'? number 11?

1. The 11/11 is 11 weeks before carnival
2. the 11/11 is the starting shot for carnival
3. 11 is the crazy number
4. there were 11 apostles in the Bible

Why does the Council of Eleven get the key to the city?

1. because of social inversion
2. the mayor then has free
3. to indicate that it is carnival
4. Council of eleven gets authority over city

Why do people dress up for carnival?

1. to be unrecognisable
2. because of social inversion
3. to scare the other
4. because of equality

Round 2: know your environment

You are shown a number of towns with the carnival name.

Write down the ‘normal’ name of this town.

You get 30 seconds each time. 

Oeteldonk

Snewbulten

Huibuukeland

Zeikmeikenrijk

Lampegat

Geitenbok

Spurriebuukenriek

Round 3: music round

You will hear excerpts from carnival songs.

Write down the title of the song

Fragment 1

https://www.muziekweb.nl/Link/HHX3707/Carnaval-top-100

Fragment 2

https://www.muziekweb.nl/Link/JK120125/Oya-l%C3%A9l%C3%A9?TrackID=JK120125-0013

Fragment 3

https://www.muziekweb.nl/Link/U00000724433/POPULAR/Er-staat-een-paard-in-de-gang

Fragment 4

https://www.muziekweb.nl/Link/HHX4720/-En-door?TrackID=HHX4720-0006

Fragment 5

http://www.https://www.muziekweb.nl/Link/HHX1725/Top-100-carnaval-aller-tijden?TrackID=HHX1725-0054

Fragment 6

https://www.muziekweb.nl/Link/HHX5482/Feesten-als-de-beesten-Carnaval-ambi-apres-ski-mix-2020?TrackID=HHX5482-0035

Fragment 7

https://www.muziekweb.nl/Link/HHX5482/Feesten-als-de-beesten-Carnaval-ambi-apres-ski-mix-2020?TrackID=HHX5482-0035

Fragment 8

https://www.muziekweb.nl/Link/JK251831/Het-beste-uit-de-foute-1500?TrackID=JK251831-0039

Wat heb je geleerd over carnaval?

Wat heb je geleerd over carnaval?