The present research aims to establish a discussion about a very current theme in the thought of the foreigner about Brazil: the carnival. When working with the teaching of Portuguese as a Second Language for Foreigners in Brazil, hereinafter PL2E, the teacher sees himself in a role not only as a transmitter of a linguistic code, but also as a diffuser of local cultures and customs, allowing the student different perceptions. I worked as a PL2E teacher and I took advantage of this contact with foreigners of different nationalities to establish a dialogue on the theme of carnival. However, instead of leading the debate, I asked the students of different ages and nationalities for making questions according to their interest, which generated this exploratory qualitative research which purpose was to lecture on this festivity as a symbol for the Brazilian culture, but under the perspective of the interest of foreigners. As a theoretical basis, I followed Michael Byram s (2008) assumptions about Interculturality, as well as the conceptions on Identity addressed by Zygmunt Bauman (2005). Sergio Cabral (1996) is the main reference to elucidate the questions about the carnival.