How many days until Carnival?

The story behind Carnival

Carnival is the season of celebration before Lent, the forty days of fasting that lead to Easter; its name is often traced to the Latin carne levare, 'to put away meat'. It peaks in the days before Ash Wednesday, in February or early March, with parades, costumes, masks and music.

Rio de Janeiro's samba school parades, the masked balls of Venice, Trinidad and Tobago's Carnival, Mardi Gras in New Orleans and the Carnivals of Cologne, Basel, Barranquilla and Salvador each have their own character. In Brazil and many Caribbean and Latin American countries, Carnival Monday and Tuesday are days off.