carnival
Karl Ni Waal
【` kūrn? VL; ˋkɑ:nivl]
Derived from Latin meaning "don't eat meat"
noun
1 (U) Carnival
at ~
At the carnival
2 (C) carnival, drinking and having fun; Extreme disorder
For him, life is a kind of enjoyment.
For him, life is a carnival.
Article 3 (c)
A. various performances (celebrations, competitions, etc. ); Ceremony (sports)
A glass of water ~
Water sports competitions and exhibitions
A winter ~
Winter sports competition, winter festival
B. (American) acrobatic performance (tour); Entertainment game group
Carnival can be said to be a traditional festival in Europe, which originated from Saturnalia in ancient Rome. It is said that Saturnalia and bacchanalia in ancient Greece and Rome were its predecessors. The original source of the word "carnevale" is related to a story in the New Testament that the devil tempted Jesus. Generally speaking, the devil trapped Jesus in the wilderness and didn't feed him for forty days. Although Jesus was extremely hungry, he was not tempted by the devil.
In order to commemorate Jesus' fasting in these forty days and feel Jesus' pain, believers regard the first forty days of Easter (the first Sunday of the full moon after the vernal equinox) as a period of fasting and repentance. These forty days are called Lent. During these forty days, you can't eat meat, drink wine or entertain (the rules vary slightly from place to place), which is called Lent, and the first day of Lent is called Ash Wednesday.
Gradually, people will hold banquets and dances to entertain themselves half a week to a week before they enter the gloomy forty days. Then it evolved into today's Italian carnival and carnival (lasting about two weeks). Nowadays, few Christians observe the precepts of Lent, but those carnival activities and customs have been preserved and become an important festival.