A festival celebrated with merriment and revelry in Roman Gatholic countries during the week before Lent, esp. at Rome and Naples, during a few days (three to ten) before Lent, ending with Shrove Tuesday.
A non-religious holiday associated with the Christian religious week of lent where everyone parties and celebrates before ash Wednesday when all Catholics must abstain for such behavior for and extended period of time. In Brazil it starts on the Saturday before Ash Wednesday and ends midnight Tuesday night. In many parts of the world this is called Mardi Gras.
Festival preceding the Catholic season of Lent (period of fasting from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday). Also annual festivities which include a parade through the streets in fancy dress.
This most spectacular of Trinidad's festivals is held each year on the Monday and Tuesday immediately before the beginning of Lent, and is celebrated with costume processions, music and dancing in the streets, and revelry. Preparations for the next year's Carnival seem to start just after Easter, the end of Lent. The word comes from "Carne vale" - the Latin for farewell to meat
Period of February during which Vaval is celebrated.
A celebration that takes place in mid-February, before Lent, in which people feast, hold parades, and dress in costume.
Four day celebration in Brazil prior to lent, characterized by parties in the streets, samba dancing competitions, and public processions.
a festival marked by merrymaking and processions
a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a circus or carnival; "it was so funny it was a circus"; "the whole occasion had a carnival atmosphere"
a celebration combining parades, pageantry, folk drama, and feasting that is usually held in Catholic countries during the weeks before Lent
a festival with lots of people in fancy dress
a public celebration or parade quebec winter
a public party - people play music and often dance in the streets
The party season before Mardi Gras, starts on January 6 (the Twelfth Night) (Celebrated with Kingcakes at Mardi Gras parties.) Cruise line from New Orleans that takes Caribbean cruises--it is wonderful
An event with amusements such as entertainment, a parade or competitions in celebration of an event, person, or date.
Carnival, the Catholic holiday preceding Lent.
a time of reveling and excess in Catholic and Mediterranean Europe. (p. 683)
"Farewell to the Flesh" A pre-Lenten festival started by Catholics to get in one last party before giving up wine, women and song for 40 days during Lent. Costume bands in street Carnival, steelband competitions, Calypso contests, parties, dances and Kiddie Carnival all come together for Carnival.
The season, stretching traditionally from Jan. 6 (Twelfth Night) to Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday). All parades, balls and other events during this period are Carnival events. Technically, only events on Fat Tuesday itself are Mardi Gras events. The term carnival means "removal of the flesh," the flesh in this case being the meat that is forsaken for Lent.
The carnival is a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus and public street party, generally during the carnival season. Carnival is often a Roman Catholic and, to a lesser extent, Eastern Orthodox celebration. Most Protestant and Fundamentalist Protestant groups condemn the celebration.