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If you mean 'floats', they were first used by Glenn Curtiss on many of the aircraft he built for the US Navy. Latwer floats became almost commonplace on many 'bush planes' in Canada and in the 1920's almost half of the Canadian Air Force aircraft were on floats.
Brazilian teak is made of wood. Brazilian teak is a type of wood commonly used for wood floors, decking, and many other things which aren't as common.
The festival you are probably thinking of is the carnival in Rio de Janeiro and many other Brazilian cities. But there are many other festivals where people use feathers in their costumes, especially festivals involving the ethnic Indian people of brazil who have always used feathers in ceremonial costumes.
they used boats and floats, ICECREAM FLOATS
The invention of carnival masks is not attributed to a specific individual, as masks have been used in various cultures and festivals throughout history. Masks have been used in ancient Roman and Greek festivals, Venetian carnival traditions, and in many indigenous cultures around the world. The exact origins and creators of the carnival mask are therefore difficult to pinpoint.
In this country, Floats- are platform trucks with various designs, band-stands, etc used in PARADES, not carnivals. it is conceivable they could be used to advertise a Carnival- as they have advertised movies- the prop car from the Cbitty chitty bang-Bang was in the Thanksgiving Day Parade in l969 or 70 when that film opened. I am not sure if the car moved under its own power or was propped up on a float.
There is no specific collective noun for a group of floats, in which case, general collective nouns are used according to the situation, such as an armload of floats, a bin of floats, a case of floats; or, you could be creative; a flight of floats, a flotilla of floats, a flurry of floats.
I think that a complete set of drums is used in Brazilian music.
Yes, Glinda the Good floats around in a bubble :D
Carnival masks are usually used for performances such as circus's funfairs etc
In A Separate Peace, a copy of The lliad is used to start the fire at the Winter Carnival.
Carnival masks are typically used for parties and celebrations. Mardi Gras in New Orleans is a huge party with a well known parade with people donning carnival masks.