''Carnevale'' is an Italian word derived from the Latin expressions ''carnis'' (meaning meat or flesh; ablative: ''carne'') and "''levare''" (meaning remove). So "carnevale" means literally "remove meat". It refers to the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, the traditional Christian period of 40 days before Easter, commemorating the 40 days Jesus fasted in the desert, which was a period of abstaining from meat and other pleasures of the flesh. So it was the day to get those last enjoyments in. "Mardi gras" (French for "Fat Tuesday") refers to the same day. Also known as "Shrove Tuesday".
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Carnival
Carnival is a Catholic Christian festive season that occurs before the liturgical season of Lent. The main events typically occur during February or early March, during the period historically known as Shrovetide (or Pre-Lent). Carnival typi ...
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Carnevale may also refer to:
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Andrea Carnevale (born 1961), Italian former football player
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Carnival of Venice ( it, Carnevale di Venezia), an annual festival held in Venice, Italy
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Fra Carnevale ("Brother Carnevale", 1420/25 – 1484), Italian Renaissance painter
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Roberto Carnevale (born 1966), Italian composer
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Carnevali, a surname
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Carnivàle
''Carnivàle'' () is an American television series set in the United States Dust Bowl during the Great Depression of the 1930s. The series, created by Daniel Knauf, ran for two seasons between 2003 and 2005. In tracing the lives of disparate ...
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Carnival (disambiguation)
Carnival is a festive season occurring immediately before Lent.
Carnival, carnaval or The Carnival may also refer to:
Festivals and entertainment
*Caribbean Carnival, carnivals with origins in Caribbean culture that occur across the World
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