Cirque Musica Holiday Spectacular

Carnival in Rome, c. 1650Rio's Carnival is the largest in the world according to Guinness World Records.[1]Feast of the Navigium Isidis, celebrated in Ancient Rome in honor of the goddess IsisOinochoe depicting the parade of an armed owl during the celebration of the Anthesteria (Greece, 410–390 BC)The Fight Between Carnival and Lent, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1559Gilles of Binche (Belgium)Carnival on Ice at the Kipdorppoort Moats in Antwerp, c. 1620Carnival in Venice, by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1750Typical masks worn at the Venice Carnival, which portray the satirical and exaggerated appearances often usedRiderless Racers at Rome by Théodore Géricault. From the mid-15th century until 1882, spring carnival in Rome closed with a horse race. Fifteen to 20 riderless horses, originally imported from the Barbary Coast of North Africa, ran the length of the Via del Corso, a long, straight city street, in about 2.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}1⁄2 minutes.Harare Carnival dancerCarnival in Argentina by school childrenThe Diablada, dance primeval, the typical and main dance of Carnaval de Oruro, a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity since 2001 in Bolivia (Image: Fraternidad Artística y Cultural "La Diablada")Recife Carnival, in Recife, Pernambuco, BrazilCarnival circuit of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

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