A festival marked by merrymaking and feasting during the season just before Lent. Merrymaking and feasting just before Lent. 2.A traveling amusement show usually including rides, games, and sideshows. Carnival is good when people of all ages, sexes, races, shapes, sizes, beauties, inclinations, and professions are involved. Carnival is good when people try to outdo each other, and then applaud with delight those who in turn outdo them.
Carnival is good when it gives people an alibi to become someone different.
Carnival is good when it lets people present the best part of themselves, and be, for a little while, as they'd like to be all the time. Carnival is good when it gives people the feeling that they're really lucky to be alive right here and now. Carnival is good when it leaves people with the feeling that life in all its bizarre manifestations is unbeatably lovely and touching and funny and worthwhile. There's a vision for the future of culture. So they can in turn Reach up and kiss the sky.