The origins of carnival is so ancient that we can say that carnivals have always existed in the story of Humanity. Since ever, societies evolue, organize and establish rules to free themselves of wild state. Carnival is a parenthesis. During a few days, the reign of dream and crazyness, of of wild life, is as a return in the first ages of humanity. It's a way to liberate ourselves from the rules and get back to our origines.
During many carnivals, people shout, laugh and act as primitives. As an attempt to go back an ancient age, a sort of Eden, when people lived free, in harmony with nature among other animals.
The most ancient rests of carnivals we can find today are in Egypt, where it used to be a cult to the god Osiris. It seems that the first one appeared 10.000 years B.C. The name come from "carne levale" as "no longer meet". It refers to "Mardi Gras" as "Shrove tuesday", the day before the beginning of the lent.
