Foam Throwing, Egg Fights, And Naked Dancing On The Streets

<p>As we all know (or not), the Carnival is a celebration of excess and abundance before entering into the period of Lent, which is the time of fasting and reflection in the Christian religion. Nothing says &lsquo;penance for sins&rsquo; better than drinking until you become one with the pavement, right?</p> <p>The tradition came to the New World with Spanish colonialists and cheerfully mixed with indigenous and African customs, creating, let me be frank with you, four days of complete chaos. And even though Brazil gets all the fame, legend has it that the&nbsp;<strong>Carnival in Ecuador is like nowhere else in Latin America.</strong></p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/digital-global-traveler/foam-throwing-egg-fights-and-naked-dancing-on-the-streets-f58237bff4fa"><strong>Learn More</strong></a></p>
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