Lent excess before Lent begins. Some of the most famous are the Carnival of Barranquilla, the Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the Carnival of Venice, Cologne Carnival, the New Orleans Mardi Gras, the Rio de Janeiro carnival, and the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival. The day immediately preceding Lent is variously called Mardi Gras ("Fat Tuesday"), Pancake Tuesday, or Shrove Tuesday. Sometimes, it is the peak of the pre-Lenten festival, while sometimes it is largely occupied with preparations for Lent. The observances vary from culture to culture, and even from town to town. Originally, in Lebanon and Syria, the last Thursday
Public Archive for the State of Rio de Janeiro unsuited for the needs of the archive and it was moved shortly after. Three years later, in 1998, another move brought the archive to the Praia de Botafogo, n.480, in Rio de Janeiro, where it is located today. The archive contains documents of diverse themes and types, including: texts, audiovisual sources, maps, books, electronics, images, and other objects relevant to the study of the history of Rio de Janeiro state in the second half of the eighteenth century. These are original documents from the Executive powers of the State of Rio de Janeiro and private archives. The materials contained in