Carnival is a festive season that occurs immediately before the Chaistian season of Lent the main events typically occur during February.Carnival typically involves a public celebration and lor parade combining some elements of a circus,masks and public street party.People wear masks during many such celebrations,an overturning of life's normal things.The celebrations have long been associated with heavy alcohol consumption.The term Carnival is traditionally used in areas with a large Cathollc presence.However,does not celebration of Anglicans and Methodists,pre-Lenten celebrations,along with penite ntial observanoes,occur on Shrove Tuesdau