author/illustrator: Catherine Loizeau/Béatrice Veillon
ages: 6+
80 pages
24 x 33.5 cm
hardback
La Partie
sold: Simplified Chinese
Carnival!
About this book
A crazy journey around the world to discover a party that turns the world upside down!
This joyful, busy non-fiction book takes the reader into the time of collective madness which is the carnival. This lively party has many faces: traditional in Binche, spectacular in Rio de Janeiro, dancing in Cayenne…
From Europe to America via the Caribbean, discover 10 carnivals still existing today: the emblematic characters, music, dances, traditions and ways the carnivals reinvent themselves…
Through the history of these masked parties, the book also addresses the history of colonization and the cultures that stemmed from it.
• An enthralling book to celebrate the specificities of each carnival but also what makes the core of it: the music, dances, costumes and the questioning of the rules.
• An original starting point to explore broader themes: migration, colonization, slavery, social norms and the relations between dominants and subordinates.