Matts Carnival Warehouse (2024)

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What is the largest carnival in the United States? ›

North America's largest and most famous carnival, Mardi Gras is also a tribute to Louisiana's history. The most famous Carnival in North America goes by the French “Mardi Gras”, paying homage to Louisiana's history.

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Mardi Gras is the ultimate street party in New Orleans, but the carnival festivities happen long before the day itself.

Today, the winter festival is celebrated in more than 50 countries around the world, including Brazil, Italy, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United States.

Tenerife Carnaval (Canary Islands, Spain)

Tenerife hosts numerous festivals all year round, but none of them come close to its famous Carnival celebration, which is considered the second most popular Carnival party in the world after Rio de Janeiro.

The carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is considered the biggest in the world, with around two million people celebrating on the streets each day. Rio Carnival is famous for its samba music and for the amazing costumes and floats.

As a result, Carnival endured years of losses. In fiscal 2022, well after it had returned to the seas, it lost more than $6 billion, which was not much of an improvement from the $9.5 billion loss in fiscal 2021, when it did not sail for half of the year.

Carnival is linked to the Christian calendar and it was originally conceived as a period of revelry and frolics before Lent, a period of austerity and abstinence. The expansion of Christianity took the festival to many places in America, where it was mixed in with various local traditions.

Nice is considered the 3rd largest famous Carnival in the world after Rio de Janeiro and Venice, and has served as a model for all major festive parades.

Carnival Celebration is an Excel-class cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line. She is Carnival's second vessel of the fleet's Excel class, a subclass of Carnival Corporation & plc's Excellence class. At 183,521 GT, she is the largest ship in Carnival's fleet.

Where are the biggest Carnival celebrations held? ›

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Nobody throws a party quite like Brazil, and there's no Brazilian party quite like Rio Carnaval. It's the world's largest Carnival celebration, attracting participants in the millions for a week of explosive, flamboyant, samba-shaking fun.