- Carnival is a Western Christian festive season that occurs before the liturgical season of Lent
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Carnival facts
- The main events typically occur during February or early March, during the period historically known as Shrovetide (or Pre-Lent)
- Carnival typically involves a public celebration and/or parade combining some elements of a circus, masks, and a public street party
- People wear masks and costumes during many such celebrations, allowing them to lose their everyday individuality and experience a heightened sense of social unity
- Excessive consumption of alcohol, meat, and other foods proscribed during Lent is extremely common
- Other common features of carnival include mock battles such as food fights; social satire and mockery of authorities; the grotesque body displaying exaggerated features especially large noses, bellies, mouths, and phalli or elements of animal bodies; abusive language and degrading acts; depictions of disease and gleeful death; and a general reversal of everyday rules and norms
- The term Carnival is traditionally used in areas with a large Catholic presence
- However, the Philippines, a predominantly Roman Catholic country, does not celebrate Carnival anymore since the dissolution of the Manila Carnival after 1939, the last carnival in the country
- In historically Lutheran countries, the celebration is known as Fastelavn, and in areas with a high concentration of Anglicans and Methodists, pre-Lenten celebrations, along with penitential observances, occur on Shrove Tuesday
- In Eastern Orthodox nations, Maslenitsa is celebrated during the last week before Great Lent
- In German-speaking Europe and the Netherlands, the Carnival season traditionally opens on 11/11 (often at 11:11 a
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