Shrove Tuesday is the Brazilian Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, while the Venetians celebrate carnival with a masquerade. The use of the term "carnival" in other contexts derives from here. In Spain, the Carnival Tuesday is named "día de la tortilla" ("omelette day"): an omelette made with some sausage or pork fat is eaten. On the Portuguese island of Madeira, they eat "malasadas" on Terça-feira Gorda (Fat Tuesday in English) which is also the last day of the Carnival of Madeira. Malasadas were cooked in order to use up all the lard and sugar in the house, in preparation for Lent. This
Bus transport in Rio de Janeiro Bus transport in Rio de Janeiro The Rio de Janeiro Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) forms an important part of the public transport system in the city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. As of the end of 2015, there were 1,752 bus routes servicing the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Region, including 705 licensed by the municipality of Rio de Janeiro. The City of Rio de Janeiro bus fleet is made up of over 8,000 vehicles, operated by 47 different companies. BRT is a bus rapid transit system that, as of 2017, the consists of three operating lines, Transcarioca, Transoeste and