Drawing and Painting Fun

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Drawing and Painting Fun

• - Carnival -

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CARNIVAL is a public celebration that takes place
inmediately before the Christian Lent. It can be
from January to March, it depends on each year.
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This celebration has got some elements
costumes,
parades
and street parties. There are lots of similar
parties in the world.
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The largest carnival celebration in the world is
in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).
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But there are more internationally famous
carnivals Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Spain),
Cadiz (Spain),
Venice (Italy),
Barranquilla (Colombia)
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The longer is in Montevideo (Uruguay) it lasts
the entire month of February !
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There are many types of carnivals, but now we are
going to know more about The Carnival of the
Animals (Le Carnaval des animaux). Following the
music of Camille Saint-Saëns we can listen to the
lions, chickens, turtles, kangaroos, donkeys and
some more animals in a triumphal march.
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Its a fantasy made up of 14 small movements. The
work is curious because it has got an unusual
instrumentation two pianos, two violins, a
viola, a cello, a double bass, a flute, a
clarinet, an accordion and a xylophone. With
these instruments the composer describes all the
animals.
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PARTS OF THE WORK 1. Introduction and Royal
March of the lion. 2. Chickens and roosters.3.
Wild donkeys (fast animals).4. Turtles.5. The
elephant.6. Kangaroos.7. Aquarius.8.
Characters with long ears.9. The cuckoo in the
dark of theforest.10. Aviary.11. Pianists.12.
Fossils.13. The swan.14. Final.
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While we listen to the work, you will colour a
sheet.
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Link got in EDUCANCONTIC (Imaginación musical,
by Mª Jesús Camino).