Carnival

Carnival, the feast that delights crowds into the streets, promotes lavish parades, feasting, excesses in general and so much violence, sex etc. liberality. In studying the origins of Carnival, we see that he was a party set up so that people could indulge in food and party before he reached the moment of consecration and fasting that precedes Easter, Lent.
See what The Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, 1997 tell us about:

"Carnival is a celebration combining parades, decorations, folk festivals and feasting that is commonly kept in Catholic countries during the week preceding Lent. Carnival probably comes from the Latin word "carnelevarium" (Elimination of meat), typically begins early in the new year, usually in Epiphanius, January 6 and ends in February with the Mardi Gras on Tuesday of penance (Shrove Tuesday). "(The Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, 1997. Translated by Irlan Alvarenga City)

In return we see that this was just an excuse for the Romans and Greeks continued with their pagan celebrations, just with another name, since the Catholic Church was the one who dictated the orders at the time and was not unorthodox to keep a pagan celebration midst of a world that was said Christian.

"Probably originating in the" Rites of the Pagan Spring Fertility ", the first carnival that has its origin was the Feast of Osiris in Egypt, the event marking the receding waters of the Nile. The carnivals reached their peak condition, disorder, excess, an orgy and waste, along with the Bacchanalia and Roman Saturnalia. During the Middle Ages the Church attempted to control the celebrations. Popes sometimes served as patrons, then the worst excesses were gradually eliminated and the carnival was assimilated as the last festival before the rise of Lent. The Carnival tradition is still celebrated in Belgium, Italy, France and Germany. In the Western hemisphere, the main carnival takes place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (since 1840) and Mardi Gras in New Orleans, USA (since 1857). Pre-Christian and medieval carnivals modern plays an important theme. They celebrate the death of winter and the celebration of the rebirth of nature, the individual ultimately meet the spiritual and the social codes of the culture. Ancient fertility rites, sacrifices to the gods with them, exemplify this meeting, as do the Christian penitential games. On the other hand, the carnival allows parodies, and temporary separation of religious and social constraints. For example, slaves are equal to their masters during the Roman Saturnalia, the medieval feast of fools blasfemiosa includes a Mass, and during the carnival costumes sexual and social taboos are sometimes temporarily suspended. "(The Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, 1997. Translated by Irlan Alvarenga City)

The Grolier Encyclopedia good example of what is actually the carnival. A pagan festival that Catholics tried to mask to look like a Christian festival, as they did with Christmas. The Romans loved to celebrate with carousing, drunkenness and gluttony. The Bacchalia was the feast in honor of Bacchus, god of wine and revelry, in Greece, was very similar to a god Bacchus, his name was Dionysius, the Greek mythology Dionysus was the god of wine and revelry. See what The Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, 1997 says about the Bacchanalia, or Bacchanalia, Bacchus and Dionysus and the Dionysian Festival:

"The Bacchanalia Bacchanalia, or was the Roman festival celebrating the three days of each year in honor of Bacchus, god of wine. Sexual orgies and drunkenness and other excesses that characterized commemoration, which led to its prohibition in 186 AD. "(The Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, 1997. Translated by Irlan Alvarenga City)

This description of Bacchanalia fits like a glove on Carnival

"From Roman mythology, Bacchus was the god of wine and revelry. The son of Semele and Jupiter, Bacchus was known to the Greeks as Dionysus. His wife was Ariadine. "

"Dionysus was the ancient Greek god of fertility, dance, ritual and mysticism. He also supposedly invented wine and was also considered the patron of poetry, music and drama. In the legend Orphic Dionysus was the son of Zeus and Persephone, in other legends of Zeus and Semele. Among the 12 gods of Mount Olympus he was portrayed as a handsome youth often conducted in a chariot drawn by leopards. Dressed in holiday attire and holding a glass in hand and a cane. He was usually accompanied by his beloved and serviced by Pan, Satyrs and Maenades. Ariadine, was his only love. "

"The Festival was often orgiastic Dionysian worshipers sometimes exceeded with ecstasy or religious fervor and enthusiasm. The central theme of this worship was called Sparagmos: leaving aside the animal life, the food of the meat, and drink that blood. Games were also part of this festival. "(The Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, 1997. Translated by Irlan Alvarenga City)

The Dionysian Festival then, there seems to be the same as the Bacchanalia and Carnival?
We, as Christians, we should not agree at all with this pagan celebration, which is actually named after a false god, patron of the orgy of drunkenness and excess, is actually a demon. Think about it.

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