The Carnival of the Animals and xylophone. From the beginning, Saint-Saëns regarded the work as a piece of fun. On 9 February 1886 he wrote to his publishers Durand in Paris that he was composing a work for the coming Shrove Tuesday, and confessing that he knew he should be working on his Third Symphony, but that this work was "such fun" (). He had apparently intended to write the work for his students at the École Niedermeyer, but it was first performed at a private concert given by the cellist Charles Lebouc on Shrove Tuesday, 9 March 1886. A second (private) performance was given
Carnival in Goa Carnival in Goa Carnival in Goa is one of the smaller celebrations of the carnival festival worldwide, but is the largest in India and one of the few happening across Asia. It usually takes place around February each year and earlier used to be called the "carnival" (or "karnaval"). The Goa Carnaval has turned into a major tourist attraction. Since the 1960s, the festival got a boost after the end of Portuguese rule in Goa. From a rural-based festival sometimes taken over by boisterousness, it grew into an urban floats-based parade, where commercial entities and cultural groups play a significantly