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Mardi Gras Masquerade
This week, we’re putting on our most eccentric costumes and hiding behind our masks to celebrate Mardi Gras 🎭🥳
Have you ever felt like experiencing a French Mardi Gras Carnival? Here’s a selection of the most famous French carnivals: Nice Carnival (the largest and most famous), Dunkirk Carnival (the most boisterous and chaotic), Menton Lemon Festival (the fruitiest), French Guiana Carnival, in Cayenne (the longest, from January to March!)…and many more! 🥳
Alors, sans plus attendre, join the festivities with all the exuberant French Kwiziq content we’ve selected for you! 🃏🤩
Au Bal Masqué – La Compagnie Créole
Listening and Reading practice – B1 Level
Entrons dans la danse with French Caribbean band La Compagnie Créole and their cheerful and vibrant anthem “Le Bal Masqué” celebrating the lively tradition of Mardi Gras. So let’s put on our most beautiful mask and join in a joyful singalong with this bilingual transcript:
Au Bal Masqué – La Compagnie Créole
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Mardi Gras Vocabulary – B1 Level
Now, let’s make sure we can talk about the great celebrations we’ve witnessed during Mardi Gras by practising this indispensable Mardi Gras vocabulary list and its interactive Word Game.
Another great way to remember new vocabulary is to write sentences using it in context. Here’s an example for you to get inspired:
Cette année, j’ai participé au carnaval de Mardi Gras et j’ai été émerveillé par les festivités ! C’était un vrai défilé de costumes exubérants, de paillettes multicolores, de masques et de maquillages extraordinaires ! J’ai bien sûr assisté à la parade principale, et j’ai même pu monter sur un char avec un mannequin géant d’Arlequin. C’était une expérience inoubliable !
À vous de jouer !
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Let’s fill in some blanks!
Mardi Gras Vocabulary – B1 Level
Finally, let’s make sure we master this exuberant Mardi Gras vocabulary while enjoying Guadeloupe’s Mardi Gras festivities with the following fill-in-the-blank exercise. Vive la fête !
Mardi Gras en Guadeloupe
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This week’s theme is Carnivals.
Here’s a little taster for free: Au cirque (level A2)
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Bonne semaine à tous et à jeudi prochain !
Aurélie Drouard
Head of French
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