<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Website </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Carnaval de Québec </Td> </Tr> <P> The Quebec Winter Carnival (French: Carnaval de Québec), commonly known in both English and French as Carnaval, is a pre-Lenten festival held in Quebec City . After being held intermittently since 1894, the Carnaval de Québec has been celebrated annually since 1955 . That year Bonhomme Carnaval, the mascot of the festival, made his first appearance . Up to one million people attended the Carnaval de Québec in 2006 making it the largest winter festival in the world . </P> <P> The most famous attractions of this winter festival are the night - time and daytime parades led by mascot Bonhomme Carnaval . The parades wind through the upper city, decorated for the occasion with lights and ice sculptures . </P>

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