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Article 1: Famous Festivals in South America
Geographical Area: Latin America
Country: Brazil
Capital City: Rio de Janeiro
Article Title: Carnival in Rio de Janeiro
Article Author: Matt Sandy
http://time.com/4209973/carnival-brazil-rio-de-jeneiro/
Article Topic: Cultural Events & Festivals
Article Summary
It is basically a catholic event which starts before 51 days of Easter and ends before 45
days of Easter. It is considered to be one of the biggest festivals of the world where more than 1
million (including 500,000 foreign visitors) people gather on the streets to enjoy this event. Such
events took place to practice its catholic traditions and to honor and worship the god. Its origin
was traced in 18th century, as it was in introduced by the Portuguese immigrants in the country.
Events like Samba school parade, Street carnival, Corte real are the basic ingredient of this
festival (Sandy, 2015).

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Personal Response
In my opinion, the Carnival is one of the most electrifying cultural events in the world, it
includes not less than 587 street parties which includes bands, costumes etc. Various facilities
like healthcare or medical facilities and more than 25,000 portable clean toilets are available for
the public. Officially holidays are of 3 to 4 days but it is noticed that people in Rio de Janeiro
barely work from Christmas to the end of the carnival. The Samba Parade is known as the heart
of the carnival, where the ritual of drum dance and handclaps were being followed. Such
festivals attract greater attention of the people to pray, enjoy and exploring the culture of various
countries.

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Article 2: The Next Tulum: Santa Teresa, Costa Rica
Geographical area: Central America
Country: Costa Rica
Capital City: San Jose
Article Title: The Next Tulum: Santa Teresa, Costa Rica
Article author: Published on The New York Times Style Magazine on 17/05/16 by Alice Newell-
Hanson
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/17/t-magazine/travel/santa-teresa-costa-rica-travel.html?
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Article Topic: Beaches and Delicacy of food
Article Summary
The place talks about the sleepy fishing village which has become a paradise filled with
surfers, and falling in the category of the reality which seemed to be the fantasy at times
(Hanson, 2016). The best places to visit and the things to do while going to the Santa Teresa are
serving the public where the surf instructors are available and the natural attractions have
become a core importance for the visitors as the article also talks about the exotic food and fancy
places such as the floating house, Sushi master Koji’s, the Olam kind of the restaurant Nautilus