Carnival Fun Ship DVD (3 of 13)
This section is all about the accommodations available on board the ships of Carnival.
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Carnival Brazil 2010, View From Camarote Azul…Amazing View!!!
Carnival Rio de Janeiro. Rio’s lavish carnival is one of the world’s most famous. Scores of spectacular floats surrounded by thousands and thousands of dancers, singers, and drummers parade through the enormous Sambódromo Stadium dressed in elaborate costumes (or, quite often, with absolutely no costume.) It is an epic event televised around the world. The origin of Brazil’s carnival goes back to a Portuguese pre-lent festivity called “entrudo”, a chaotic event where participants threw mud, water, and food at each other in a street event that often led to riots (an event quite similar to today’s Andean carnival – see Venezuelan section of this booklet). Rio’s first masquerade carnival ball (set to polkas and waltzes) was in 1840. Carnival street parades followed a decade later with horse drawn floats and military bands. The sound closely associated with the Brazilian carnival, the samba, wasn’t part of carnival until 1917. The samba is a mix of Angolan semba, European polka, African batuques, with touches of Cuban habanera and other styles. What we now know as samba is a result of the arrival of black Brazilians (primarily from Bahia) to the impoverished slums or favelas surrounding Rio following the abolition of slavery in Brazil in 1888. Today the carnival is organized by the escolas de samba (samba schools). They first appeared in 1928. Much more than musical groups, they are in fact, neighborhood associations that provide a variety of community needs (such as educational and health care resources) in a country with grinding poverty and no social safety net.
Carnival Salvador da Bahia. Salvador da Bahia was Brazil’s first center of government (from 1549 to 1763), and remains its musical capital. For centuries, Bahia was home of the Portuguese sugar industry and slave trade. As a result, today Salvador is the largest center of African culture in the Americas. Amidst the colonial architecture and cobblestone streets, there is an unmistakeable beat of Bahian drumming. You can hear it in the stereo speakers and boomboxes blasting the latest Axê pop music. It becomes overwhelming when the large percussion ensembles (with literally hundreds of drummers) called “blocos Afros” take to the streets for carnival. It was a movement launched a half century ago by the group, Filhos de Gandhi (Sons of Gandhi). Today, there are countless blocos Afros that have taken on a new mission as part of the “negritude” movement to re-establish Black Pride. Olodum, Ara Ketu, Ilê Aiyé, Timbalada and the all women’s drumming mega-group Dida all electrify Salvador every February during carnival. Olodum’s Billy Arquimimo explains, “We started Olodum 20 years ago because at that time, black people used to be ashamed of their skin. We thought it was necessary to do something to re-establish Black Pride, and to redevelop African culture here in Bahia.” Like Rio, the city of Salvador is famous for its carnival. For both cities, it is an enormous festival leading up to Lent. That is where the similarities end. Rio is famous for its Samba schools, elaborate costumes (or at times no costumes), and a huge parade held at the Sambódromo Stadium. Salvador is Brazil’s street carnival. It lasts for weeks. The music begins daily as early as noon and runs until 7 or 8 the next morning…carnival brazil 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, Carnival Salvador Bahia, Mocidade Independente, timbalada, thatiana pagung, Ivete Sangalo, Mocidade Independente, WorldTraveler, Rio Carnival 2010 Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro, carnival rio de janeiro brazil carnaval samba mangueira brasil parade desfile tourism travel
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Take an inexpensive cruise to many destinations.Carnival Glory cruise ship events, parties and activities
A look at various happenings on the Carnival Glory cruise ship the week of June 20, 2009.
See:
Sail away deck party
Fun Force acrobats perform
Water aerobics in the pool
Sailing away from St. Thomas at night
Waiters and guests dance in the dining room
Guests dance with Fun Ship Freddy next to the pool
These clips first appeared as separate video clips on our @cruiseguide account on Twitter during the cruise. Recorded on an iPhone.
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BRAZILIAN GIRLS – CARNAVAL – 2009 – 20/21/22/23
Rio Carnival 2009 starts on Friday, February 20th and ends on Fat Tuesday, February 24th.
Although Carnival (Carnaval in Portuguese) is celebrated in towns and villages throughout Brazil and other Catholic countries, Rio de Janeiro has long been regarded as the Carnival Capital of the World. The Rio Carnaval is not only the biggest Carnival, benchmark against which every other carnival is compared but also one of the most interesting artistic events on the Globe. Pretty much everyone has heard of the Rio Carnaval. Foreign visitors to it alone number around 500,000 every year.
Rio Carnival is a wild 4 day celebration, 40 days before Easter. It officially starts on Saturday and finishes on Fat Tuesday with the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday after which one is supposed to abstain from all bodily pleasures. Carnival with all its excesses, celebrated as a profane event, can thus be considered an act of farewell to the pleasures of the flesh. It usually happens in February, the hottest month in the Southern Hemisphere, when the Rio summer is at its peak.
There are carnival celebrations in virtually every corner of Brazil, the best-known ones taking place in Recife together with the neighboring Olinda (in the Northeast of Brazil) and Salvador. But the biggest and most famous carnival is undoubtedly the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro.
One of the greatest elements of the Rio Carnaval is that it not only provides entertainment for many people around the world but at the same time it gives also a chance to learn about the true culture of Brazil. Carnival is very important to the Brazilians being their very rich cultural manifestation.
It is a euphoric event where people dance, sing, party and have tons of fun. There are many parties that take place before, during and after Carnival all night and all day. It allows someone’s true heart to come out and have as much fun as possible.
Rio Carnival is the result of months of preparation. People eagerly anticipate the start of each year’s Rio Carnival. It begins with the crowning of the Fat King (King Momo), who is presented with a giant silver and gold key by the city’s mayor.
Samba
Almost all of the music played during Rio Carnival is samba. It is a uniquely Brazilian music originating from Rio and a dance form that was invented by the poor Afro-Brazilians.
The word samba comes from the Angolan world semba referring to a type of ritual music. The word had a variety of meanings to the African slaves brought to Brazil during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. It meant to pray or invoke the spirits of the ancestors and the gods of the African Pantheon. As a noun, it could mean a complaint, a cry, or something like “the blues”.
The Samba Schools
The samba schools are vital elements of Rio Carnival. They are social clubs representing a particular neighborhood, usually a working class community of the slums (favelas). They have a samba hall to entertain and practice their samba and a separate production unit to make their costumes and floats for their Rio Carnival Parade.
The samba schools entertain the community through samba nights and create a pageant for the Samba Parade. They have to pick themes, write music and lyrics, make costumes and floats and practice all year around to succeed in the Parade.
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Carnival Fun Ship DVD (1 of 13)
This section is the intro to the Carnival Fun Ship DVD, explaining all the wonderful things that Carnival Cruise Lines does.
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See your ideas come to life
Tell Carnival what videos you want to see and watch them come to life on screen
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Carnival Fun Ship DVD (2 of 13)
This section of the Carnival Fun Ship DVD is all about the on board fun of the ships
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PortholeTV Ship: Carnival Ecstasy Ports: Key West FL, Cozume
PPI-DVD-103 – PortholeTV Ship: Carnival Ecstasy Ports: Key West FL, Cozumel
Welcome to Porthole TV — the magazine television series that features the cruise ship experience and its intriguing ports of call.
Cruise Line’s Ecstasy is showcased by Porthole TV’s host Sidney Cohen. The fantastic 4 day Western Caribbean journey departs from Miami to Key West, a short stop to the island of Playa Del Carmen, then Cozumel. Also included is travel advice from travel professional, Mary Jean Tully and tips for cruising from Porthole Cruise Magazine’s Publisher and Editor in Chief, Bill Panhoff.
• Key West boasts colorful bars, resteraunts and people. Enjoy these destinations favorites, Sloppy Joe’s Bar & Jimmy Buffet’s Margaretville. Ernest Hemmingway’s home and museum is one on the shore excursions.
• Visiting the Mayan Ruins or snorkeling in the Chen Rio are exciting excursions for the port of Cozumel. Choose from over 10 exciting excursions in Cozumel including everything from a horseback tour to a swim with dolphins or perhaps shopping for the cigar lover in the waterfront town of San Mequel.
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MVI_1766 YMCA -Day 3 of Carnival Fantasy cruise.AVI
Customers who had taken a Carnival cruise prior to this one were invited to a function where refreshments were provided and some activities took place on the stage in the ship theater. It seems that the YMCA song/dance is one of the hallmarks of Carnival cruises. This dance on the theater stage was composed of all ages and the Carnival mascot.
You get to see this video on YouTube because I did not have the patience to upload any more videos to Flickr where the photos from this cruise are located. All future videos filmed by me will be here because too many of the Flickr videos did not make it through after waiting a long time and not being processed. The same is true for Webshots. Perhaps they were too large — whatever.
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