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Learn all about the holiday of Mardi Gras. What is Fat Tuesday? What is Ash Wednesday? How is Mardi Gras linked to Saturnalia and Lupercalia? What are the Mardi Gras traditions? How is Mardi Gras celebrated in New Orleans and around the world? The answers to all of these questions and more are covered in depth with detailed graphics, diagrams and exciting video that reinforce important concepts and make learning fun.
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Criterion collection volume 48
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"Against a background of the Rio carnival, a black tram driver accidentally kills his girlfriend, and after seeking her in the nether regions kills himself to be with her."--Halliwell's Film and video guide, 5th ed.
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Criterion collection volume 48
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Portuguese
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Story based on the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice set against the colorful background of the carnival in Rio de Janiero. With its magnificent color photography and lively soundtrack, this film brought the infectious bossa nova beat to the United States.
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The first Mardi Gras in America was celebrated in Mobile, Alabama in 1703. In 2008, the celebration is still racially segregated. Go into the parallel hearts of the city's two carnivals. With unprecedented access, the director traces the exotic world of secret mystic societies and centuries-old traditions and pageantry. From the crowns, the gowns, the surreal masks, to the enormous paper mache floats. Uncover a tangled web of historical violence and...
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"Each year over a million visitors celebrate Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Co-hosts Shane Jacobson and Ashley Arcrement celebrate Mardi Gras quirks and idiosyncrasies as its inhabitants recover from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, determined to keep the 150 year Mardi Gras tradition alive. The hosts ride on a float in the parade, attend several Mardi Gras Balls and visit Bourbon Street and the Bourbon Street awards, an event organized by New Orleans'...
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Criterion collection volume 48
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Portuguese
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Story based on the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice set against the colorful background of the carnival in Rio de Janiero. With its magnificent color photography and lively soundtrack, this film brought the infectious bossa nova beat to the United States.
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Criterion collection volume 935
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A surreal tale of erotic passion and danger set amid the tumult of carnival in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Spain. Through a series of flashbacks, Captain Costelar recounts to the young Antonio Galvan the story of his harrowing affair with the notorious seductress Concha Perez, warning his listener to gird himself against her charms.
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The howling V : the rebirth: When a group of strangers converge on an ominous Romanian castle, they begin to suspect one of them may be an ancestor to a legendary werewolf bloodline. As the evening progresses and bodies start turning up, their suspicions may be true.
The howling VI : the freaks: When a drifter named Ian comes to the rural town of Canton Bluff, he finds work fixing up the local church. But when the owner of a traveling carnival finds...
11) Black Orpheus
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Criterion collection volume 48
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Portuguese
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The legend of Orpheus and Eurydice set in Rio de Janeiro at Carnival time.
12) Mardi gras
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A VMI cadet in New Orleans is sent to ask a French starlet to come to VMI's graduation.
13) Black Orpheus
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Portuguese
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The legend of Orpheus and Eurydice set in Rio de Janeiro at Carnival time.
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Beginning in 1997 with a few thousand revelers in Los Angeles, the Electric Daisy Carnival has become the largest dance music event in North America. Known for its over the top displays of pyrotechnics, world-class artists, costumed theatrical performers, interactive art installations, full scale carnival rides and state-of-the-art lighting and sound production, this year's festival attracted 345,000 attendees from June 21-23, 2013.
15) Brazil revealed
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Discover Brazil through the eyes of its people and explore the surrounding beaches, jungles, and landscaping mountains that make this land so vibrant. A country built on belief, unlike any other, where tradition and transformation live together.
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Abbott and Costello go to Mars: Bud and Lou accidentally take off for Mars and end up in New Orleans during Mardi Gras. Abbott and Costello meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: As American policemen in London, Bud and Lou meet up with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Abbott and Costello meet the Keystone Kops: Bud and Lou follow a con man to Hollywood after being swindled into buying a phony movie studio. Abbott and Costello meet the Mummy: Bud and Lou stumble upon...
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New Orleans. Arrogant, carefree Prince Naveen and hardworking waitress Tiana cross paths. Prince Naveen is transformed into a frog by a conniving voodoo magician. Tiana follows suit when she decides to kiss the amphibian royalty. With the help of a trumpet-playing alligator, a Cajun firefly, and an old blind lady who lives in a boat in a tree, Naveen and Tiana must race to break the spell and fulfill their dreams.