| About Carnival |
| Martinique is an island. It is an overseas department of France. As part of France, Martinique is part of the European Union, and its currency is the euro. Its official language is French. The carnival is certainly the best known and most animated annual festival. It was the beginning of the catholic Lent. It is the festival precedes the Ash Wednesday begins. On this day, the festival with the rhythm of drums and dance, by electing its queen and its mini queen for the children, and will be selected the queens of the carnival. This day, devils and she-devils dressed in white and black parade in the streets of Fort de France, dancing and singing with the sound of the tom-toms. The carnival knows a last start in the Semi Lent with the large red and black procession in the streets. |
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