Fill the gaps with one of the phrases below. during, largest, participate, took part, national, dates back, quieter it’s time for the yearly carnival in rio de janeiro. here’s 10 interesting facts you didn’t know about the festivities. - along with all the other carnivals of brazil, the rio de janeiro carnival marks the beginning of lent, the forty-day sacrifice period before easter. - in 2011, 4.9 million people (1) the festivities in rio. 400,000 of those were foreigners. - the first festival (2) as far as 1723. - there are more than 2 million people on the streets every day (3) the carnival. - more than 200 different samba schools from rio (4) - the main carnival parade takes place in the sambadrome. - the samba dance, originating from the bahia region with african rhythms, came to rio de janeiro around 1920. - the carnival is a (5) holiday in brazil. - many rio habitants not wanting to participate in the festival, actually leave the city for (6) places during the festival. - the rio de janeiro carnival is often cited as the “world’s (7) party”.

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