Mardi Gras midnight before Ash Wednesday. In earlier times, parades were held on New Year's Day. Other cities famous for Mardi Gras celebrations include Rio de Janeiro; Barranquilla, Colombia; George Town, Cayman Islands; Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago; Quebec City, Quebec, Canada; and Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico. Carnival is an important celebration in Anglican and Catholic European nations. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the week before Ash Wednesday is called "Shrovetide", ending on Shrove Tuesday. It has its popular celebratory aspects, as well. Pancakes are a traditional food. Pancakes and related fried breads or pastries made with sugar, fat, and eggs
Maracanã River (Rio de Janeiro) Maracanã. The subsequently developed Maracanã neighbourhood around the stadium and that which the river flows through, took its name from the stadium. Maracanã River (Rio de Janeiro) The Maracanã River of Rio de Janeiro ( ), which means parrot-like in Tupi–Guarani, is a river located in Rio de Janeiro state in southeastern Brazil. The Maracanã River flows, now canalized, eastwards through the northern districts and neighbourhoods of the city of Rio de Janeiro to its mouth at the Canal do Mangue, that eventually flows into Guanabara Bay. The "Estádio do Maracanã", one of the largest football stadiums in the world,