!!CARNIVAL!! in photos

[underpants]

British singer Seal and German model Heidi Klum, dressed as dragons, throw sweets to the crowd during a carnival parade in Bergisch Gladbach, February 6, 2005. The street carnival in Germany reaches its peak on Monday with the processions on Rose Monday - when hundreds of thousands of people all over Germany will celebrate carnival. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender REUTERS



A member of the traditional 'Bloco da Lama' (block of the Mud) performs on Jabaquara beach in Paraty, 263km from Rio de Janeiro, February 5, 2005. According to popular beliefs, the sulphurous mud makes skin healthy and beautiful. During Carnival, people dress up as cave men, cover themselves with mud and parade through the streets. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes



A Colombian woman dances during the first day of carnival in Barranquilla, February 5 2005. Thousands of people are in the Caribbean city to celebrate carnival festivities. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte



Dancers of 'Paraiso do Tuiuti' samba school participate during the Carnival at the Sambodromo, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Saturday, Feb 5, 2005. The Carnival began on last Friday. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

[DS1]

1. I'll take the third option

both meanings :D

What's this Carnival all about, then?

[derby378]

2. It's about Ben Hawkins, Brother Justin, and Samson

Ooops!! I was thinking of the HBO series. :silly:

[Feathered Fish]

3. Carnival

is the period of celebration before Lent, climaxing on Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday). The idea of lent is penitence and reflection so people, for hundreds of years, have partied very hard in the weeks leading up to it.
Three themes of Carnival are food, sex and violence, although violence has tamed since renaissance times. Lots of meat eating - The word carnival means (and correct me if I'm wrong) farewell to meat. Catholics used to abstain from eating meat in the period of Lent.
This is a painting by Bruegel in the 16th century depicting the differences of Carnival and Lent.

(btw - I'm a renaissance freak)

[gizmo1979]

4. Show us your t@##!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:toast:

[Feathered Fish]

5. Yeah

That's pretty much the idea. :)