The early roots of carnival? Research reveals evidence of seasonal celebrations in pre-colonial Brazil

York University ^ | 5 February 2025 | Press release

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Pre-colonial people in Brazil may have gathered in summer months to feast on migratory fish and share alcoholic drinks, a new study suggests.

An international team – involving scientists from the University of York, UK; the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain, and the Universidade Federal de Pelotas in Brazil –analysed pottery fragments dating back to between 2300 and 1200 years ago which were discovered around the Patos Lagoon in Brazil.

The shores of the Lagoon are characterised by settled earthen mounds, known as "Cerritos" which were built by pre-colonial ancestors of Pampean Indigenous groups called the Charrua and Minuano.

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[Brazilian Ship Sunk By WWII U-Boat Located] Side-scan sonar image of the hull of Vital de Oliveira

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[Sacajaweau]

Our pioneers partied, too....they called it Hoedown...Brazil called it Carnival...

GRANT money is available for anything.

[Deaf Smith]

So it was a weekend fish fry location with beer?

AKA Party Cove?

[nopardons]

This is utter CRAP and an attempt to misappropriate a white,European, Catholic thing!

They "might" have has something, prior to the Portuguese arriving there; however it was NOT "CARNIVAL"!

In Italy, Portugal,Spain, and France, during the Middle Ages, this was a BIG event, with different nations also throwing in some old pagan traditions, here and there.

Since these things evolved over time, it was natural for the same thing to happen in Brazil, into what it is today.

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[cpdiii]

Okay, they had a party before Christianity was introduced to Brazil. It is now defined as Carnival which is rooted in Christianity. This is all a load of crap. I hope my government grant did not pay for tis.

[katana]

Sorry, History major mode. It’s called syncretism. Cultures, languages, and religions encountering each other inevitably conflict and then blend. You won’t find feather and sequin encased nearly naked mullatas, or floats of drunken masked white guys parading in Rome. But Rio and New Orleans?

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[singing] Down by the old auditorium where you’ll wait to see the queen.