Arbeitsblatt: Carnival_warm up

Where did the word carnival come from? 1. From the word carnivallle which means party costume in French 2. From the Greek word carnevalatus which means celebration (Feier) 3. From the Italian word carnevale which means put away meat. 4. From carnivallo the name of the Brazilian city, where they started this party. What do you think, quickly talk with your partner Hundred and hundreds of years ago, the followers of the Catholic religion in Italy started the tradition of holding wild costume festival right before the first day of Lent. Because Catholics were not allowed (durften nicht) to eat meat during Lent, they called their festival, carnevale — which means to put away the meat.