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Something Rhymes with Purple

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What Is a Carnival?

Carnival comes from the mediaeval latin carne laveme levamen sore, meaning shrove tide. In other words, you would put away meat during lent. So the meat free fasting of lent came after at the carnival. And then it was the merrymaking, and the festivities really took over. But let's get back to circuses and carnivals. What is a carnival? When did the first carnival come about? What is the origin of that word?

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