carnavals August 29, 2005
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The very multiplicity of Carnivals requires comparison, and what an unexpected picture emerges: the most astonishing characteristic of Carnival is its conservatism of form in a situation designed to maximize innovation and creativity. The more it changes, the more it stays the same. The street parades, the masks, the face paint, and the elaborate costumes; the bonfires and effigy-burning; the transvestitism; the political and social satire; even the throwing of water or flour dates back to the Classical world. Huge horse-drawn floats representing ships were reported in early Medieval Spain, as was the “reversal phenomenon” where adults play children, children play adults, men play women and women men, the rich poor and the poor rich. Every year such brilliant, unexpected, original reworking of such a narrow set of themes! Such great new music! For me the contemplation of as much of this creativity as I can encompass is ENOUGH-I get the required frisson of aesthetic experience, which is the only thing I have found that compares favorably with orgasm. That’s why I study CARNIVALS.
Daniel J Crowley
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3732/is_199907/ai_n8865206/pg_2