A carnival society (also known as a carnival club or community) (German: Karnevalsverein) is a German association of carnival enthusiasts [de] who organize...
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Carnival or Shrovetide is a festive season that occurs at the close of the Christian pre-Lenten period, consisting of Quinquagesima or Shrove Sunday, Shrove...
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Carnival Society Vines Cross Bonfire Society Whatlington Renegades Who The Devil Are We Society Worthing Bonfire Society Arundel Bonfire Boys Society...
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Carnival Cruise Line is an international cruise line with headquarters in Doral, Florida. The company is a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc. Its...
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Carnival in Rio de Janeiro (Portuguese: Carnaval do Rio de Janeiro) is a festival held every year before Lent; it is considered the biggest carnival in...
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A variety of customs and traditions are associated with Carnival celebrations in the German-speaking countries of Germany, Switzerland and Austria. They...
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Krewe (category Carnivals)
Orleans Carnival organization. The Mistick Krewe of Comus itself was inspired by the Cowbellion de Rakin Society that dated from 1830, a mystic society that...
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survive as oppressed refugees in human society, as a detective works to solve murders connected with them. Carnival Row's first season was released in its...
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Mystics. The societies have been based in class, economic and racial groups. Mobile's parading mystic societies build colorful Carnival floats and create...
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Carnival Elation (formerly Elation) is a Fantasy-class cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line. Built by Kværner Masa-Yards at its Helsinki New Shipyard...
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uses. In the Rhineland carnival tradition [de], "bivouac" refers to an open-air carnival, usually organized by a carnival society. A well-known example...
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Carnival Paradise (formerly Paradise) is a Fantasy-class cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line. Built by Kværner Masa-Yards at its Helsinki New...
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Carnival Fantasy (formerly Fantasy) was a cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line. She was the first ship of her namesake class, which was the largest...
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The Carnival of Brazil (Portuguese: Carnaval do Brasil, IPA: [kaʁnaˈvaw]) is an annual festival held the Friday afternoon before Ash Wednesday at noon...
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The Carnival of Venice (Italian: Carnevale di Venezia; Venetian: Carneval de Venèsia) is an annual festival held in Venice, Italy, famous throughout the...
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Carnival Memphis (formerly known as the Memphis Cotton Carnival) is a series of parties and festivals staged annually since 1931 in Memphis, Tennessee...
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Carnival Sensation, initially named Sensation, was a 70,367 GT cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line. She was built in 1993 in Finland and cruised...
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Carnival glass is moulded or pressed glass to which an iridescent surface shimmer has been applied. It has previously been referred to as aurora glass...
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The Notting Hill Carnival is an annual Caribbean Carnival event that has taken place in London since 1966 on the streets of the Notting Hill area of Kensington...
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Düsseldorfer Karneval (category Carnivals in Germany)
is the Düsseldorf variant of the "fifth season" known as carnival. The Düsseldorf carnival begins on 11 November each year with the symbolic awakening...
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Carnival in Uruguay is a festival that takes place every year in Uruguay from mid January to late February. It is considered to be the longest carnival...
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Ahoy (greeting) (section Carnival)
Carnival period. After sailors, stevedores and inland fishermen adopted the expression from the coast, it was made popular by the Carnival societies....
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Carnival Ecstasy (formerly Ecstasy) was a Fantasy-class cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line. Built by Kværner Masa-Yards at its Helsinki New Shipyard...
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Carnival Inspiration (formerly Inspiration) was a Fantasy-class cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line. Built by Kværner Masa-Yards at its Helsinki...
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"History". Vernon Winter Carnival Society. Retrieved 4 March 2007. Lippert, Wayne (2007). 47th Annual Vernon Winter Carnival: Carnival on Broadway [Brochure]...
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Mardi Gras in the United States (redirect from Carnival in the United States)
1704 the first known Carnival secret society (Masque de la Mobile). In 1856, six Mobile natives established the first secret society, or krewe, in New Orleans...
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increase of saumagen sales during and after state visits. The Schlotte Carnival society in Schifferstadt has awarded the Order of the Saumagen since 1992....
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Büttenrede (section Televised carnival conventions)
during carnival. It is usually given at carnival conventions, revue-like events organized by carnival societies. Büttenreden are often rhymed and are performed...
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Mobile, Alabama (section Carnival and Mardi Gras)
Beginning in 1830, Mobile was host to the first formally organized Carnival mystic society to celebrate with a parade in the United States. (In New Orleans...
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Carnival Imagination (formerly Imagination) was a Fantasy-class cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line from 1995 to 2020. Built by Kværner Masa-Yards...
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