O Carnival it has been a tradition in Brazil for a long time, since the beginning of the 20th century. At the time, revelers paraded on the hood of cars dressed as cowboys, gypsies, sailors, odalisques, pirates, priests, among other roles that creativity allowed.
The parents prepared the children for matinees and the first carnival ball childish occurred in 1907. Meanwhile, adults enjoyed themselves at family parties, in salons, circuses and even outdoors.
Animation was guaranteed with the use of accessories, such as confetti, masks and streamers, in addition to the joy of the revelers, who paraded in their cars. This, in fact, was the inspiration for the current floats.
But what would the old-time carnival games? We've listed a few below.
Index
- Face Painting for Carnival
- Carnival masks and costumes
- Accessories for Carnival
- Musical Instruments for Carnival
- carnival toys
- Carnival firecrackers and crackles
Face Painting for Carnival
A really cool game for children is the face paint at Carnaval, made with proprietary, non-allergenic paints.
Little ones can get creative and do whatever they want, whether it's flowers, butterflies, hearts, kittens and more!
Carnival masks and costumes
the masks and costumes dominate the Carnival scene. Here are the fantasies of baby, skull, indian, priest, clown, bear, among many other costumes.
At high society parties, the domino costume it was the most popular. Its construction required a dark dress with a hood and a mask covering the face.
In addition to these, there were numerous harlequins, chicards, bib, sailors, odalisques, pierrós, princesses, princes and jumping jacks.
The costumes were inspired by French models. They were (and still are) an essential requirement of the carnival!
Accessories for Carnival
Another carnival game for children is to let them have fun creating accessories for the festivity.
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With free imagination, they can create colorful bracelets and necklaces using different materials, such as EVA, plastic, felt, pasta, among other elements.
Musical Instruments for Carnival
You musical instruments they are essential pieces for the carnival party, because they emit the sound of joy.
The drums can be built with empty powdered milk cans and birthday balloons, which in different colors will give different tones to the sound.
The tambourine is another important part. To create it, all you need is paper plates from birthday parties, some rattles and colored ribbons.
carnival toys
At the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century, there were many toys and games that amused the little revelers, for for example, confetti, flowers, scented lemon, mother-in-law's tongues, false noses, colored glasses, streamers and parasols Japanese.
led by a master, thes carnival cords also guaranteed fun, with lots of people masked, all in line, singing,playing and dancing together.
In addition, there were the Carnaval 'blocks, corsos (parades of ornate luxury cars), standards (community flags) and ranchos (mini-battery, with right to the master of the hall and the flag bearer) who paraded with the cars while the carnivals held confetti and streamers.
Carnival firecrackers and crackles
At carnival firecrackers were also incorporated into this scenario. Resembling rockets, it can be a fun game, but also dangerous.
already the carnival snaps they are small bags that, if thrown on the ground, cause a small explosion.
Lightweight and multi-colored, they can be carried in your pocket or hand to pop into any space.
See too:
- Carnival marches
- Carnival Blocks - What are they, how they emerged, examples
- Origin of Carnival - The history of carnival in Brazil and in the world
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