Carnivals around the world :

• In pictures: Carnival in Brazil - 7 March 2011 (BBC)

  

• Barack Obama and Silvio Berlusconi feature on satirical carnival floats in Europe (11 pictures)
  "In Cologne, Barack Obama is depicted as a cowboy guarding a fort, while Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad leads a Trojan horse containing a nuclear bomb towards him."
  (telegraph.co.uk)

  

• Huge crowds flock to Rio carnival
  "Thousands of people have been joining in carnival celebrations in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro."
  (BBC)

  

• Carnival : Origins of the Carnival season - Special celebrations around the world - Funfairs...
  (Wikipedia)

• Carnival : Definition - Origins - Shrovetide - Special celebrations around the world
  (The Free Dictionary)

• Carnival - with photos -
  San Francisco - Toronto - London - New York - Trinidad - New Orleans - Vera Cruz, MX
  (carnaval.com)

  

Notting Hill Carnival (in London) : Click on the map.

• Notting Hill Carnival (BBC)
  Explore "its history and traditions, with plenty of lively music and voices."
  
  
  
  

• The Notting Hill CARNIVAL (information) - (carnaval.com)

• The Notting Hill Carnival (BBC)
  Audio + PICTURES

• The Notting Hill Carnival - photographs and a video (nottinghill-carnival.co.uk)
  
  

Intergalactic Krewe of Chewbacchus in New Orleans :

• Intergalactic Krewe of Chewbacchus (neatorama.com)

  

  "Last Sunday, the Intergalactic Krewe of Chewbacchus – thereafter referred to as the best krewe EVAR – made its debut in New Orleans.
  Here’s how they described themselves:

  The Krewe of Chewbacchus is a Carnival Krewe for the most revelrous of Star Wars Freaks, Trekkies, Whovians, Mega-Geeks, Circuit Benders, Cryptozooligists, UFO Conspiracy Theorists, Mad Scientists, and all the rest of Super Nerdom.

  We are Bacchanalian Revelry + Sci Fi = BacchanALIENS.

  [...] The Chewbacchus parade includes a fleet of UFlambOs, a Bar2D2 float pulled by an X-Wing Fighter bicycle, giant BacchanALIEN and Robot puppets, a 20 ft long Quetzalcoatl Space Dragon, and much much more…"

• MORE here. (neworleans.com)


Chewbacca and Han Solo in 'Star Wars'



• See PHOTOS. (flickr.com)

New Orleans Mardi Gras (in Louisiana, USA) : Click on the map.

• See Intergalactic Krewe of Chewbacchus

• See New Orleans

• New Orleans - Mardi Gras as History (PBS)

  

• New Orleans Mardi Gras (information, history, pictures and videos)
  (mardigrasneworleans)

Interactive exercises :

• Quiz - Mardi Gras
  - "It's Carnival Time here in Louisiana. Here are some questions on the Mardi Gras experience. Note, a Krewe is the group of people who organize and ride the floats."
  (funtrivia.com)

• Quiz - Mardi Gras
  - "There are lots of misconceptions about Mardi Gras... how much do you really know about it?"
  (funtrivia.com)

Lesson plans :

• Rio carnival says "no" to violence - a lesson plan
  (Breaking News English)

• Carnival - a lesson plan (Elementary - Pre-Intermediate)
  with Notting Hill Carnival, London - Rio de Janeiro Carnival - New Orleans Mardi Gras
  (mardigrasneworleans)

• Carnival for Pre-Intermediate - Intermediate (Reward English)

• Carnival - a lesson plan (absolutenglish-972)
  "In this lesson, you will learn some basic vocabulary and facts on the Rio de Janeiro Carnival in Brazil
  and the Notting Hill Carnival in London, Great Britain."

• Story telling: Carnival crime (BBC) - UPDATED
  Topic: Carnival in Brazil and a Diamond theft
  "This particular lesson focuses on extended listening skills and getting students to actively participate in the story telling process, allowing them to use their prediction skills in a creative and fun way..."

   

Webquests :

• Carnival (absolutenglish-972)
  "In this lesson, you will learn some basic vocabulary and facts on the Rio de Janeiro Carnival in Brazil and the Notting Hill Carnival in London, Great Britain."

Literature :

• Something Wicked This Way Comes (novel)
  It "is a 1962 novel by Ray Bradbury. It is about two thirteen-year-old boys, Jim Nightshade and William Halloway, who have a harrowing experience with a nightmarish carnival..."
  (encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com)
  Consult SparkNotes

• The Dragon Can't Dance by Earl Lovelace
  "The novel centers around Aldrick Prospect, a man who spends almost the entire year preparing for the annual Trinidad Carnival, where he plays 'dragon'..."
  (Wikipedia)