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Wednesday, February 17, 1988 / University Daily Kansan
Lawrence takes to Carnival with the true Brazilian spirit
By Anne Textor
Special to the Kansan
After months of preparation, the Brazil-Portugal Club is about ready to show KU students a night of fantasy, costumes and dancing — Brazilian style.
On Saturday, the club expects about 500 people to attend the 10th annual Brazilian Carnival, a party traditionally held to mark the Lenten season, at the Knights of Columbus Hall. 2206 E. 23rd St.
"I've had students of mine from 10 years ago show up," said Jon Vincent, professor of Spanish and Portuguese and adviser for the Brazil-Portugal Club. "My phone starts ringing in December with people saying, 'When is Carnival going to be? When can I get tickets?'
The Brazil-Portugal Club began sponsoring Carnival in the late 1960s because it wanted to increase the club's visibility and because Carami-
val is something typically Brazilian.
Carnival generally is not celebrated in the Midwest as it is in Europe and other parts of the Americas, but the custom has been enthusiastically embraced by KU students
Five years ago, the Brazilian Carnival drew about 1,200 people.
"It started fairly small, and then it got bigger and more and more unmanageable until it finally reached the point where we couldn't find a place that would accept us again," Vincent said. "There were just too many people."
Vincent said the carnival season in Brazil included costume balls, parades, lots of music and dancing in the courts until well after the sun comes up.
"Everybody just goes out and dances," he said. "The beat of carnival music is really sort of irresistible. It's almost impossible to listen and
sit still."
In Brazil, Carnival has evolved into a national holiday lasting for four days. The celebration begins on the Sunday preceding Ash Wednesday, which is today.
which is today. The custom was brought to Brazil in medieval times from Portugal, where it began as a pagan festival.
"Now, all the Latin countries have something like it, but when it was brought over by the Portuguese, for some reason, something in the water or the climate made it just flourish in Brazil." Vincent said.
Carnival will begin at 8 p.m. and last until 1:30 a.m. There will be a cash bar and dancing to recorded Brazilian music.
Carnival-goers are encouraged to wear costumes, and a competition for the best costume will judged at 11 p.m.
Those under 21 will be admitted,
but they will be marked at the door
Grasping the issues
Mark Porter/KANSAN
Brian Falconer, St. Louis senior, raises a point at the Student Senate Town Meeting last night. Student body president Jason Krakow and vice president Stephanie Quincy fielded questions from an audience of about 20 senators and students for about an hour in the Kansas Union's Alderson Auditorium. Senate sponsored the meeting as a forum to hear student comments on various senate issues.
Revelry peaks as Mardi Gras closes
The Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS — Mardi Gras exploded into a frenzy of drinking, dancing, parading and partying as hundreds of thousands of revelers, some costumed, some in street clothes and face paint, poured into
the streets yesterday to celebrate the end of Carnival season.
The crowd was enormous and generally well behaved, but police reported at least one injury. Police spokesman John Marie said an 18-year-old parade watcher was pushed
or fell under a tractor pulling a float. Brian Alvarez was in stable condition, said a spokesman at Tulane Medical Center.
Marie said the Canal Street crowd was the biggest he had seen in 18
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