The Carnival calendar for children

To calculate the date on which Carnival is to be celebrated each year, we must take into account the religious origin of the Carnival. Thus, although it continues to be celebrated before Lent and the date on which the carnival will be celebrated is officially marked by the Catholic Church, the carni

To calculate the date on which Carnival is to be celebrated each year, we must take into account the religious origin of the Carnival. Thus, although it continues to be celebrated before Lent and the date on which the carnival will be celebrated is officially marked by the Catholic Church, the carnival party has been separated, in our times, from any religious sense or character.

Formula to know the date of the carnival 2015

How is the date of the carnival calculated? The formula is as follows:

Carnival Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday and Saturday of Carnival, which is when it is celebrated in most cities, is the Saturday before Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday is the day of the beginning of Lent and it is 40 days before Palm Sunday, which is the Sunday before Resurrection Sunday (Holy Week).

If you find it a bit complicated, we offer you the date for the next years. Thus, the whole family can make plans to celebrate it.

In2016, the carnival will be celebrated on6, 7, 8 and 9 February.

In 2017, the carnival will be celebrated on 25, 26, 27 and 28 February.

The date of the carnival changes every year, how is it calculated?

The date of the carnival celebration varies from one year to the next. It is marked on the calendar by the Catholic Church and is calculated taking into account the date of Easter Sunday of Resurrection. Currently, the Carnival is celebrated during the 3 or 4 days before Ash Wednesday, which begins the Christian Lent.

The first Wednesday after Carnival, called "Ash Wednesday", and that begins Lent, is a period in which Catholics should refrain from all kinds of pleasures such as meat, eggs, sex and fun. , in general. Consequently, the carnival is calculated in relation to Holy Week. Between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday 45 days have to pass.

The carnival calendar

At first, the Church was against the celebration of Carnival, since it considered the party to be too permissive with the emotions, pleasures and desires of the people. For the Catholic church, the carnival represented disorder, the forbidden. But still, the carnival continued being celebrated, and the Church, feeling that it was impossible to prevent the Carnival, ended up adopting officially the celebration, in the year 590 d. C., officially going to schedule it in your calendar.

This feast precedes a supposed time of recollection and fasting. The Latin origin of the word carnival comes from the Latin carnelevarium, which refers to the fact of removing meat, and is related to the prohibition of meat consumption during Christian Lent. Carnival was a way to prepare for the fast days that were approaching.

Currently, with an age of about 5,000 years, the carnival is celebrated in many places in the world in similar ways, with carnival parades, parades of floats, comparsas formed by groups of masks, costumed dancers, music and costume dances and it usually lasts a whole long weekend, already includes the following days, generally, on Monday and Tuesday after the weekend.