Does Carnival mean anything to you

[belamyi]

 

[belamyi]

 

[dpnice]

Starts on the 13th here in Nice. Will be avoiding the place until it is finished.

 

[Alnitak]

What is Carnival?

 

[JohnnyAnger]

Went to Maastricht last year for it and it was fun.

More annoying to deal with the awful music on the Spui outside my window at the time! It was some strange brass band and people dancing in a circle.

 

[belamyi]

What is Carnival?

A sinful festivity of goy people who are not even American

 

[kallipolis]

Here in Greece, it is a big occasion.....this my one of my favourite scenes from the German version...1943...of The Adventures of Baron Munchausen....Venice, of course....

 

[belamyi]

 

[Zeno Lorea]

Yes! But to me it means mostly a lot of tourists in what is supposed to be the low season in Venice.

 

[GreyUnderscore]

Isn't it some huge celebration/party?

 

[belamyi]

Isn't it some huge celebration/party?

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[rareboy]

Absolutely.


both the OP opus and the idea generally....as a presbyterian...how could it be otherwise?

 

[dpnice]

Yes! But to me it means mostly a lot of tourists in what is supposed to be the low season in Venice.

Same here in Nice plus the fact that the centre of town is encumbered with all the gradins for people to sit on.

 

[SLOPPYSECONDS]

folkees tink a gett a doins it
_ans stuff_
" ans like wots its ans stuff "
£ but now gets interent 2 discuss it £
_a lot_

anyway

thankyou

skip

 

[Devois]

A sinful festivity of goy people who are not even American

From my experience of carnivals, that's quite an austere outlook. Anyway, working from that definition what do you call a sinful festivity of Jews or Americans? I believe the latter call fairgrounds carnivals so they would need another term.

 

[eastofeden]

 

[bankside]

Carnival no, but Carnaval is the winter festival in Quebec City. Moitié-moitié charmant et kétaine..

 

[frankfrank]

What is Carnival?

From my experience of carnivals, that's quite an austere outlook. Anyway, working from that definition what do you call a sinful festivity of Jews or Americans? I believe the latter call fairgrounds carnivals so they would need another term.

I always call it CARNAVAL...never "CARNIVAL"...because the first time I ever saw this alternate term for Mardi Gras (as well as probably the second, third, fourth, fifth...), was referring to the one in Rio De Janeiro. I also only spell it this way so as not to confuse it with the often-temporary traveling midways-and-rides displays which are most common (here) in the summer in some U. S. counties. I consider Carnaval (always capitalized) and carnival (not capitalized, unless part of a name such as the Lincoln County Carnival) as very different things.

It's interesting that Carnaval has a certain "root word" in it (which shows up in CARNAL, for example), because after all a LOT of fucking goes on there, lol.

THREAD TOPIC: I voted no, but only because I've never experienced a Mardi Gras/Carnaval anywhere. It's also not likely any time soon, because it's in my heaviest work time of the year.

 

[Alnitak]

A sinful festivity of goy people who are not even American

ya, goyishe naches

 

[belamyi]

From my experience of carnivals, that's quite an austere outlook. Anyway, working from that definition what do you call a sinful festivity of Jews or Americans? I believe the latter call fairgrounds carnivals so they would need another term.

Would you mind reading my post again? because yours doesn't make any sense in relation to it, and it seems to understand the exact opposite of what I said