Why Carnival change date every year? Carnivals are held before the Christian Lent and have varying dates but are always between February and March. As the first day of Lent is Ash Wednesday, carnivals always start on Thursday of the week prior to that Wednesday.
Why change the dates of the Carnival each year?
- Carnivals are related to other dates as the beginning of Lent, which in turn is 40 days before the start of Holy Week. So if the March 5 this year is on Ash Wednesday (1 day of Lent) forty days after the March 13 is Palm Sunday, the first day of Easter 2014.
- The question of dates changes every year because the liturgical year, by the celebrations of the Church are guided, follows the lunar cycle and does not adhere exactly to the calendar. It is based on the Jews always held their Passover (Pesach) on a full moon night.
- So to determine when Easter Sunday (which would be the last day of Holy Week), there is the first Sunday after the first full moon of spring, ie after 21 March. Although it looks complicated it is interesting that to set for example the date of Easter Sunday (the last day of Holy Week) is taken as the base which is the first Sunday after the first full moon of spring (ie after 21 March).
Carnival dates 2014
- Home Carnival: Thursday February 27 March 2014
- The Carnival Sunday: the March 2, 2014
- Shrove Tuesday: the March 4, 2014
- Ash Wednesday: the March 5, 2014
Carnival in the world
These dates are valid for Carnival in Spain, as in Tenerife, Cadiz, Gran Canaria. In Isla Cristina in Algeciras or Tarazona de la Mancha, Toledo, Barcelona, Madrid, Alicante, Badajoz, Toro, eagles, Soria and many other areas of Spain celebrating carnival. In the rest of the world dates may vary slightly.
- Home Carnival 2014 in Rio de Janeiro: 1 to 4 of
March, which coincides with our carnival days.
- The Venice Carnival begins somewhat earlier because it is longer. From 15 February to 4 March, just days coincide with our carnival.
Carnivals held summer
- Notting Hill Carnival in London this now in free, held on 24 and 25 August.
- Carnival Santiagero of Cuba will be held from July 21 to July 27
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