carnival traditions
Festival celebration practices
Carnival traditions are the customs, rituals, and practices associated with carnival celebrations—the festive periods preceding Lent in Catholic cultures or similar public revelries elsewhere.
These include masquerade balls, street parades, elaborate costumes, and indulgent eating and drinking before the austerity of the Lenten season: Mardi Gras beads and king cake are beloved carnival traditions in New Orleans.
The phrase encompasses both religious observances and secular festivities that have developed around these celebrations.
- masksFace-covering disguises
- paradesPublic celebratory processions
- masqueradesPretends to be something else
- street performancesEntertainment in public spaces
- dance troupeOrganized group of dancers
drumming · headdresses · feathers · fertility rites · folk dances · folklore · street food · samba · harvest festivals · colonial influences · competitions · stilt walking · syncopation · traditional chants · body paint · costume contest · folk traditions · calypso
carnival traditionsfasting rituals
Ceremonial food abstention practices
mourning customs · funeral traditions · vigils · memorial services
carnival traditionscourt etiquette
Formal royal behavior rules
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