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Carnival
Mardi Gras is, I hope, making a return in New Orleans but it was Carnival in Rio that did in Orson Welles, as Todd Swift reminds us:
Greeted with complete adulation by the people and government of Brazil, he soon plunged into a lifestyle of promiscuous sexuality, partying until dawn with a beautiful new lover each night, plucked from the Carnival erupting in and around the film set, overwhelmed by trying to find a narrative amid the musical and sexual chaos.
Bible-belter me, I am so tone deaf to Lent that I found myself wondering why I kept seeing people wearing colorful beads in the halls today.
Well, actually, I continue to wonder that. Lexington, Kentucky doesn’t do Lupercalia or Shrove Tuesday. We do mint and bourbon on the first Saturday in May. Otherwise, it’s all Cotton Mather all the time here.
Check out The Human Flower project for a quick tour of Carnival celebrations around the world, including Quebec:
Quebec actually holds its carnaval before Fat Tuesday (Being February, bien sur, what difference does a week make weatherwise in Eastern Canada?) For jollies, the Quebebecois this year enjoyed horse-drawn sleigh rides, snow sculpting, and “snow baths.” Take that, and shiver your glitter, Rio!
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1. Tommy replies at 21st February 2007, 9:30 am :
From what I’ve heard, we’re going to be doing mint and bourbon with HRH Queen Elizabeth this year, if the Secret Service is satisfied with the security arrangements.
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