Carnival (disambiguation)

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Carnival (English) or Carnaval (Portuguese, Spanish, and French) is a Christian celebration occurring before Lent. The word has come to refer to other annual festivals of a similar (but not necessarily religious) nature. This page also lists other things named "Carnival".

Contents 1 Celebrations 1.1 Celebrations of Carnival 1.2 Other carnivals 2 Literature 3 Music 3.1 Songs 3.2 Albums and other musical series 3.3 Bands 3.4 Record labels 4 Performing arts 5 Television and film 6 Other

[edit] Celebrations

[edit] Celebrations of Carnival

Main article: Carnival

• Maltese Carnival, a major celebration of Carnival held in Malta
• Bahian Carnival
• Brazilian Carnival
• Brazilian Street Carnival, an annual event in California
• Buenos Aires Carnival
• Carnaval Brasileiro in Austin, Texas, the largest indoor Brazilian Carnival in the world
• Carnaval of Santiago de Cuba
• Carnaval San Francisco
• Trinidad and Tobago Carnival, the largest Carnival in the Caribbean

[edit] Other carnivals

• Barranquilla's Carnival (Carnaval de Barranquilla), a Colombian festival dating back to the 19th century
• Caribbean Carnival
• Carnaval de Oruro, the biggest annual cultural event in Bolivia
• Carnaval Del Pueblo, a celebration of Latin American culture held in London
• Summer Carnaval (Zomercarnaval) is summertime version of Carnival held in the Netherlands
• Quebec Winter Carnival (Carnaval de Québec), the largest winter carnival in the world
• West Country Carnival, an English celebration related to the Gunpowder Plot of 1605
• Any traveling carnival, funfair, or other fair

[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
• O País do Carnaval is a Brazilian Modernist novel.
• "Carnival! Carnival!", a poem by Patti Smith from her 1978 book Babel

[edit] Music

[edit] Songs

• Carnaval (song) is the first track on the 1977 album Festival by American rock band Santana
• "Carnival", a song by Swedish band The Cardigans from their 1995 album Life
• Carnival (song), a 1995 song by American singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant
• "Carnival", a single from the 1997 album Clumsy by Canadian rock band Our Lady Peace
• Carnival (The Pillows song), a 1999 song by Japanese rock band The Pillows
• "Carnival", a song by Japanese rock guitarist Masatoshi Mashima
• "Carnaval de Paris", a song by English pop group Dario G sometimes played at sporting events
• Manhã De Carnaval (A Day in the Life of a Fool) ("Morning of Carnival"), a song by Brazilian composers Luiz Bonfá and Antônio Maria which appeared in the 1959 film Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus)

[edit] Albums and other musical series

• Carnaval (Schumann), a set of piano pieces by Robert Schumann
• The Carnival of the Animals (Le Carnaval des Animaux), a musical suite by Camille Saint-Saëns
• Carnaval (Spyro Gyra album), a 1980 album by American jazz band Spyro Gyra
• Carnival (EP), a 1982 EP by British band Duran Duran
• Carnaval (album), a 1988 album by Brazilian rock band Barão Vermelho
• Carnival of Carnage, the 1992 debut album of American hip hop group Insane Clown Posse
• The Carnival, a 1997 album by the Haitian hip hop artist Wyclef Jean
• Carnival (New Model Army album), a 2005 album by English rock band New Model Army
• Carnival (album), a 2006 album by Australian singer-songwriter Kasey Chambers

[edit] Bands

• The Carnival Band, a Canadian marching band
• The Carnival Band (folk group), an English folk and early music band
• The Carnival (UK band), an English dark cabaret band

[edit] Record labels

• Carnival Records

[edit] Performing arts

• Carnival!, a 1960s Broadway musical
• Carnaval (ballet)
• Carnaval en Amazonas is a typical dance from the Amazonas Region, Peru.

[edit] Television and film

• Carnivàle, a US supernatural drama television series that aired on HBO from 2003 through 2005
• Festive Land: Carnaval in Bahia (2000) is a documentary film directed by Carolina Moraes-Liu.
• Domingo de carnaval is a 1945 Spanish crime film written, directed and produced by Edgar Neville.
• Le Carnaval des vérités is a 1920 French silent film directed and written by Marcel L'Herbier .

[edit] Other

• Carnival (arcade game), a 1980 arcade game by Sega
• Carnival Cruise Lines, a large cruise company, and its parent company Carnival Corporation & plc
• Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, a Miami performing arts center formerly known as the Carnival Center for the Performing Arts
• 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
• Carnival Night Zone, a level in the Sega Genesis video game Sonic the Hedgehog 3