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Post by lieden on Oct 6, 2010 9:01:34 GMT 1
By the way, Halloween is a very pale version of Carnival. And you Anglo-Saxons don't have Carnival. Nee-nyah!
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Post by Mister Buch on Oct 6, 2010 12:47:27 GMT 1
The Wii game? It's rubbish! And we do have it. We just never play it.
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Post by jklinders on Oct 6, 2010 14:31:41 GMT 1
While it's true that Anglo-Saxons seemed to have for some reason dropped a perfectly good winter holiday that is not to say that it is completely off our calendars. I'm speaking only for Canada here.
"Canada
Caribana, held in Toronto on the first weekend of August, has its origins in the carnival traditions of the Caribbean, notably Trinidad and Tobago. Due to climatic imperatives, Caribana is held in the summer when Caribbean costumes may be paraded comfortably, rather than adhering to the traditional winter dates of the other carnivals in which the festival is strongly rooted. [17] Attendance at the Caribana parade typically exceeds one million people.
The Quebec City Winter Carnival is the biggest winter-themed carnival in the world. It depends on good snowfalls and very cold weather, to keep snowy ski trails in good condition and the many ice sculptures intact. For this reason it does not coincide with the pre-Lent celebration but is fixed instead to the last days of January and first days of February.
In the Ottawa-Gatineau region, Winterlude takes place during the first 4weeks of February."
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