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
Maracanã River (Rio de Janeiro) 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, was named after the Maracanã River. The nearby and smaller "Ginásio do Maracanãzinho" indoor arena is a derivative name, "Maracanãzinho" meaning Little