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All about Carnival: The festive season before Lent
The name Carnival might come from a Latin phrase meaning “to take away meat.”
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
The extravaganza of Venice Carnival
Learn about the Carnival of Venice.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz

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samba dancers
Samba dancers performing in the Sesimbra Carnival, Portugal.
© ZTS/Shutterstock.com
Pre-Lenten Carnival celebration in Oruro, Bol., with dancers performing a diablada.
© Peter McFarren/Bolivian Photo Agency
Shrove Tuesday Carnival in Binche, Belgium
Townsmen costumed as Gilles (versions of a clown-like stock character named Gille)...
Marie-Claire
Carnival mask
Women wearing a mask during Carnival celebrations in Venice, Italy.
© iStockphoto/Thinkstock
Carnival parade
Women dancing in a Carnival parade, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Images
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