Carnage Carnal Carnation Carnival Carnivorous

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~ CARNAGE    SLAUGHTER    see> below
~ CARNAL     lat CARNIS = MEAT or CUT OF FLESH
             sp  CARNE    MEAT
             more etymology see> CUT  see> CARP
~ CARNATION  implies FLESHINESS
~ CARNIVAL   id+ | FEAST OF THE FLESH
                   or INSTINCTS as in
             see> BACCHANALIA  see> DIONYSIA
     lat CARNE    = FLESH
         LEVARE     TO LIGHTEN or LEVITY  LEAVE
     sp  CANAVAL    from
             VALE   AVAIL  USE  AVAIBLE
         CARNIVORO  CARNIVOROUS
  hx> FEAST BEFORE LENT
      THE LAST DAY OF LEVITY IS
  see> MARDI GRAS or FAT TUESDAY or
       SHROVE TUESDAY JUST BEFORE LENT
  note " DOMINICA ANTE CARNES TOLLENDAS "
         LAST SUNDAY WHEN EATING MEAT IS TOLERATED
  hx> CARNIVAL IS A FESTIVITY DURING WHICH
      EXCESSES ARE CONDONED AND EVEN FACILITATED by
  MASQUES or MASQUERADE                      sug> PRETEND
  THE FESTIVITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH           sug> LUPERCALIA
  THE ROMAN FESTIVALS OF SATURNALIA          sug> SATURN
  DURING WHICH IT WAS ACCEPTED TO HONOR      sug> SATURATE
  THE SLAVES WHO CHOSE THEIR OWN KING FELIX or KING HAPPY
  also THE MASTERS HAD TO SERVE THE SLAVES
  cont> in addenda under development see> ~& CARNIVAL
  lit + from [97] pp 167 from 1837 offers a vista
      "DURING CARNIVAL THEY {in Buenos Aires Argentina}
  HAVE A DISGUSTING PRACTICE
  IN PLACE OF MUSIC MASQUES AND DANCING
  THEY AMUSE THEMSELVES BY THROWING BUCKETS OF WATER ...
  SOUSING EVERY PASSENGER THAT PASSES ...
  STRANGERS SEEM TO JOIN IN THE SPORT WITH GREAT GLEE ..."
  {a custom until the decade of 1950  from a 1837 source}
  cont> in addenda under development see> ~& CARNIVAL
  in FRENCH LOUISIANA or CAJUN COUNTRY CARNIVAL is called
     MARDI GRAS or MARDIGRAS AND IT RETAINS THE CLASSIC
  COMMUNITY WIDE BASED SPIRIT OF A SPONTANEOUS FEAST
  FOR ALL SOULS OF ALL RACES AND ALL WALKS OF LIFE
  in EUROPE MUCH OF CARNIVAL IS REDUCED TO
  MASQUERADES AND BALLS
  note AFTER THE CIVIL WAR
       MARDIGRAS WAS REINTRODUCED BUT
  ITS NATURE SHIFTED TOWARD AN
  ELITIST MALE DOMINATED
  RACIALLY SEGREGATED AFFAIR
  cont> in addenda under development see> ~& CARNIVAL
  hx> Joseph Stillwell CAIN [#] 1832-1904 may have
      foisted ideas concordant with the vernacular
  maxim " RAISING CANE" or CANE
  but the origin of above expression
  remains speculative
  "JOE CAIN" WAS A CLERK FOR THE CITY OF
  MOBILE ALABAMA AND "MOBILIANS" LIKE TO CLAIM THAT
  Joe CAIN REVIVED MARDIS GRAS or
  " BOEUF GRAS " = FATTED CALF but this is dubious
  it is more likely as per James GILL [#] in
  "Lords of Misrule  Mardis Gras and the
   Politics of Race in New Orleans"
  University Press of Mississippi 1977
  THAT MARDIS GRAS AND ITS SECRET SOCIETIES WAS
  A MECHANISM FOR DEFEATED CONFEDERATE OFFICERS
  TO RETAIN CONTROL OF "RACE POLITICS"
  note the BEST KNOWN SECRET CARNIVAL or
  MARDI GRAS SOCIETIES INCLUDED
  THE KREWES AND COMUS
  COMUS REVIVED IN 1866 and was led by the
  FAMOUS EX CONFEDERATE General Harry HAYS [#] as
  President of the PICKWICK CLUB
  a de facto A POLITICAL SECRET SOCIETY
  MEMBERSHIP TO SECRET "MYSTIC" MARDI GRAS SOCIETIES
  HAD AND CONTINUE TO HAVE
  A CONSIDERABLE SOCIAL CACHET
  IN MODERN MOBILE AND NEW ORLEANS
  THEN AND NOW THESE SOCIETIES ARE NOT FOR
  BLACKS JEWS ITALIANS AND WOMEN
  THE ELITIST SPIRIT OF THESE SOCIETIES INSPIRED
  CITIZENS OF AFRICAN DESCENT TO CREATE THEIR OWN
  ELITIST MARDI GRAS SOCIETIES
  EACH CARNIVAL SEASON IS SEGREGATED
  "WHITE" AND "BLACK" SOCIETIES
  ELECT A "WHITE" AND "BLACK" KING FELIX WITH ITS
  CORRESPONDING QUEEN PRINCESSES AND PAGES
  THE ABOVE IS IN CONTRAST WITH
  FRENCH CAJUN ACADIAN or
  "HISPANIC" MARDI GRAS COMMUNITIES
  WHICH HAVE SPURNED SUCH DIVISIVE TRENDS
  sug> CHARNEL CARNATE  INCARNATE  INCARNATION  CARNIVORA
  ply> | CARNIVAL SPARKS IDEAS OF CARNAL KNOWLEDGE |
  cont> in addenda under development see> ~& CARNIVAL