Carnival (disambiguation)

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Carnival is the name of a Catholic celebration that prepares for Lent, officially lasting for three days before Ash Wednesday. It has come to be a generic term for a large celebration or festival.

Carnival or Carnaval may refer to:

[edit] Celebrations

• Brazilian Carnival
• Caribbean Carnival
• Carnaval or Quebec City Winter Carnival (Carnaval de Québec), the largest Winter Carnival in the world.
• West Country Carnival, English celebration realted to The Gunpowder Plot of 1605
• A traveling carnival; see also funfair

[edit] Literature

• Carnival (novel), a 2005 novel by Robert Antoni
• Carnival (Elizabeth Bear novel), a novel by Elizabeth Bear
• Carnival (Compton Mackenzie novel), a novel by Compton Mackenzie
• Carnival (James Thurber novel), a novel by James Thurber

[edit] Music

• Carnival Records
• Carnaval (Schumann), a set of character pieces by Robert Schumann
• Carnival (song), a song by J-rock outfit The Pillows
• Carnival (Natalie Merchant song), a Natalie Merchant song
• Carnival (album), from Kasey Chambers
• Carnival (New Model Army), an album by New Model Army

[edit] Television and theatre

• Carnival!, a 1960s Broadway musical
• Carnaval (ballet)
• Carnivàle, a US supernatural drama television series that aired on HBO from 2003 through 2005

[edit] Other

• Carnival (arcade game), a 1980 arcade game by Sega
• Carnival Cruise Lines, a large cruise company
• Carnival Center for the Performing Arts the performing arts center in downtown Miami, Florida.
• Kia Carnival, a car built by Kia Motors
• A Blog Carnival, a blog article that contains links to articles on other blogs covering a specific topic