SATURNALIA

We will also mention the Roman Saturnalia from which, moreover, the modem carnival seems to have been directly derived, though in fact it is no longer anything but a very diminished vestige: during these festivals, the slaves ordered the masters about, and the masters served the slaves. (Footnote: Festivals of this same kind are even encountered in many different countries, when they went so far as to confer temporarily on a slave or on a criminal the insignia of royalty with all the power that goes with it. only to put him to death once the festival ended.)Symbols ...-
MODERNITY IS CONTINUAL SATURNALIA
SATURN
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