unfailing sense of humor brazilians like to quote charles dgaulle, who said brazil is not a serious country. indeed, only here was such a long-term collective madness possible, the name of which was the brazilian carnivalopeans, africans and indians, therefore, it probably represents a model for brazil as a whole. in it, as if in a prism, national specificity was concentrated. literally permeated through and through with the festive element, the life of brazil is devoid of half-tones, everything exists in abundance, incredible natural abundance and endless droughts, enormous vital energy , passivity in the face of the impossibility of solving numerous problems. brazilians do not know how to indulge in pessimism for long, because in their country there is a carnival, in which brazil is renewed, drawing strength for a new annual cycle. carnival is a holiday that is always mentioned when talking about brazil. they say that brazil is football and carnival. these two points that characterize brazil are very important to us. in fact, a native brazilian sport, just like carnival was originally was