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Carnivals, celebrations, feasts and games - All part of the many colourful traditions at Easter across the globe! Carnivals and celebrations - In Argentina, the Tincunaco ceremony takes place the Thursday before Ash Wednesday. During this, a line of mothers, and another of grandmothers gather underneath an arch decorated with flowers and fruit. The two groups meet, and exchange a doll, touching it on each other's foreheads. On Easter Sunday, the ladies wear traditional, colourful dresses, while riding on horseback. The end of the carnival is symbolized by the burying of a rag doll. In Braz...