Carnival

Carnival is a festivity celebrated in Catholic Countries .The festivity hasn't a specific date ,it comes the day before Ash Wednesday .On Ash Wednesday Lent starts .It's 40 days before Easter .During Lent Christians fast to wait the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.In the past Carnival was the day when people removed meat,en fact in Latin "Carnevale" is Carnem:meat and Levare.remove .Now it is a festivity celebrated in public places as cities streets or squares .People usually wear a mask or costume .This festivity is very popular among children,because they love to wear costumes of their heroes or they launch confetti or streamers and they have fun.In the afteroon almost all the cities organize a show of  floats.The most famous Italian Carnival is Venice or Viareggio