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/ˈkärnəvəl/,
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carnivals, plural;
  1. A period of public revelry at a regular time each year, typically during the week before Lent in Roman Catholic countries, involving processions, music, dancing, and the use of masquerade
    • - the culmination of the week-long carnival
    • - Mardi Gras is the last day of carnival
    • - a carnival parade
  2. An exciting or riotous mixture of something
    • - the whole evening was a carnival of fun
  3. A traveling amusement show or circus

  1. a festival marked by merrymaking and processions
  2. circus: a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment; "it was so funny it was a circus"; "the whole occasion had a carnival atmosphere"
  3. a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.
  4. Carnival is a festive season which occurs immediately before Lent; the main events are usually during February. Carnival typically involves a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus, mask and public street party. ...
  5. Carnival is a 1961 musical with book by Michael Stewart and music and lyrics by Bob Merrill, starring Anna Maria Alberghetti, James Mitchell, Kaye Ballard, Pierre Olaf, and Jerry Orbach (making his Broadway debut). Gower Champion both directed and choreographed with orchestrations by Philip J. ...
  6. Carnival is a 1931 British drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Matheson Lang, Joseph Schildkraut, Kay Hammond and Chili Bouchier. During a performance of Othello a jealous actor attempts to strange his wife who he believes has committed adultery.
  7. "Manhã de Carnaval" ("Morning of Carnival"), is the title of the most popular song by Brazilian composers Luiz Bonfá and Antonio Maria. It appeared in the 1959 Portuguese-language film Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus), by French director Marcel Camus and based on a play by Vinícius de Moraes. ...
  8. Carnival is a 1989 Malayalam film directed by P. G. Viswambaran and starring Mammootty in the title role.
  9. Carnival is the fourth studio album from Australian singer/songwriter Kasey Chambers, released in Australia on August 19, 2006 and in the United States on 12 September 2006 (see 2006 in music).
  10. Carnival is a fixed shooter arcade game created by Sega in , not to be confused with CarnEvil, and has the distinction of being the first video game with a bonus round. It is similar to Exidy's Circus arcade game. The goal is to shoot at targets, while carefully avoiding running out of bullets. ...
  11. Erland and the Carnival are a British folk rock band, formed in London, England by multi instrumentalist Simon Tong (formerly of The Verve / Blur / The Good, the Bad & the Queen), Orcadian folk guitarist and singer Gawain Erland Cooper and Drummer/Engineer David Nock (The Orb / The Cult / The ...
  12. Carnival is the sixth and final episode of the third and final series of British television sitcom Bottom. It was first broadcast on February 10, 1995.
  13. Carnival is a dance music EP by Duran Duran, originally released in various markets around the world in September 1982 by EMI.
  14. The following is an episode list for the Fox television sitcom Malcolm in the Middle. The show ran for seven seasons from 2000 to 2006 with 151 episodes produced.
  15. "Carnival" is a 1995 song written and produced by singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant and was the lead single from her debut solo album Tigerlily.
  16. A festive occasion marked by parades and sometimes special foods and other entertainment
  17. The season just before the beginning of the Roman Catholic season of Lent, when New Orleans has its Mardi Gras carnival
  18. (Carnivals) In the first MST I did, “What Tak Wants”, much of the story seemed to revolve around a banal incident at a carnival. Specifically, Dib and Tak went to a carnival when they were dating. ...
  19. (Carnivals) between February and March.
  20. The season immediately before Lent, when people enjoy the sensual pleasures of life. Eating, drinking, dancing...the whole bit. The word is derived from Latin: Carne levare, levamen (Farewell to flesh).
  21. in Roman Catholic regions, the term designates the three days of festivities that precede the forty day fast of Lent; in the U.S. the best known example of carnival is the Mardi-Gras (literally Fat Tuesday) still celebrated in the former French colonies of the south.
  22. World Turned Upside Down. Fantastic and exotic aspects. See Bakhtin. Carnivalesque. [This entry will be developed] See Terry Castle, Masquerade and Civilization.
  23. The party season before Mardi Gras, starts on January 6 (the Twelfth Night).
  24. initially a festival preceding the Catholic season of Lent (a period of fasting from Ash Wednesday to Easter weekend); now refers to general annual festivities, usually with a procession and extravagant costumes, and often symbolically remembering an event in the past
  25. is the season of merriment from January 6 until Mardi Gras. To Christians it is also referred to as Epiphany. The Latin word carnivale loosely translates to "farewell to flesh." Carnival was created by the Catholic Church so people didn't have to be serious before the serious Lent season.