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Carnival (Brazil)

Five days of parades run on street food, cold beer and caipirinhas.

Inside the Sambadrome . picture taken by Alan Betensley, 2004.
Photo: Alan Betensley ( Abetens at en.wikipedia ), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

What is eaten for Carnival (Brazil)

Brazilian Carnival runs from the Friday before Ash Wednesday to the Tuesday. People spend the days in street parties called blocos, so the food is whatever can be eaten standing up: fried pastries, grilled cheese on a stick, meat skewers and coxinha. In Salvador the women of Bahia fry acarajé, black-eyed pea fritters, in palm oil. Samba schools in Rio serve feijoada, black beans with pork, at their gatherings. Caipirinhas and very cold beer keep everyone going.

The dishes

CaipirinhaCachaça, lime and sugar, the drink of the street parties.AcarajéBlack-eyed pea fritters fried in palm oil in Salvador.FeijoadaBlack beans and pork served at samba school gatherings.CoxinhaFried chicken croquettes eaten on the move.

Also part of it, and being written: Pastel (Thin fried pastries with savoury fillings.).

About this page

Written by the Thali desk with AI assistance. Background: "Brazilian Carnival" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from family to family and place to place. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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