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Location: Language House, St. Mary´s Hall, Multipurpose Room
Escape the cold and come celebrate Carnaval as the Departments of French, Spanish & Portuguese, Language House, and SLLC offer a day of workshops and talks, and throw a party! When Carnaval celebrations come around each year, cities throughout the world explode in a spectacle of color and texture so vivid they feel like a dream. But the celebrations are very real, taking place everywhere from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Haiti, from downtown Toronto to Calabar, Nigeria where parades can stop traffic for a day or two, or a month. Each respective festival has a rich history of its own, borne from the unique chemistry of its region.