Carnival

Here are entered works on festivals, merrymaking, and revelry before Lent. Works on traveling amusement enterprises, consisting of sideshows, games of chance, merry-go-rounds, etc. are entered under [Carnivals.]
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85020377
- info:lc/authorities/sh85020377
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85020377#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Fasnacht
- Fastnacht
- Mardi Gras (Festival)
- Pre-Lenten festivities
Broader Terms
- Festivals
Narrower Terms
- Mumming
Related Terms
- Masks
- Shrove Tuesday
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://stitch.cs.vu.nl/vocabularies/rameau/ark:/12148/cb11936675g
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://d-nb.info/gnd/4016518-8
- http://d-nb.info/gnd/4276473-7
LC Classification
- GT4180-GT4299
General Notes
- Here are entered works on festivals, merrymaking, and revelry before Lent. Works on traveling amusement enterprises, consisting of sideshows, games of chance, merry-go-rounds, etc. are entered under [Carnivals.]
Example Notes
- Note under [Carnivals]
Change Notes
- 1986-02-11: new
- 1997-10-09: revised

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