Carnival

Etymology
From carnevale, from the  phrase carnem levāre, to put away meat

Noun

 * 1) A festive occasion marked by parades and sometimes special foods and other entertainment
 * We all got to ride the merry-go-round when the brought their carnival to town.
 * When the carnival came to town, every one wanted some cotton candy.

Derived terms

 * carnival glass
 * carny


 * carnivalesque


 * carnivalistic

Thesaurus
Advent, Allhallowmas, Allhallows, Allhallowtide, Annunciation, Annunciation Day, Ascension Day, Ash Wednesday, Candlemas, Candlemas Day, Christmas, Corpus Christi, Easter, Easter Monday, Easter Saturday, Easter Sunday, Eastertide, Ember days, Epiphany, Good Friday, Halloween, Hallowmas, Holy Thursday, Holy Week, Lady Day, Lammas, Lammas Day, Lammastide, Lent, Lententide, Mardi Gras, Martinmas, Maundy Thursday, Michaelmas, Michaelmas Day, Michaelmastide, Palm Sunday, Pancake Day, Passion Week, Pentecost, Quadragesima, Quadragesima Sunday, Septuagesima, Shrove Tuesday, Trinity Sunday, Twelfth-day, Twelfth-tide, Whit-Tuesday, White Sunday, Whitmonday, Whitsun, Whitsunday, Whitsuntide, Whitweek