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Carnivals

Scope note

Use for traveling or seasonal amusement enterprises, consisting of sideshows, games of chance, rides, and other similar entertainments. For the festive period of balls, masquerades, parades, and general revelry held in the pre-Lenten season, use "Carnival (pre-Lenten festival)."

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300069042

Broader Terms used

<entertainment events>

Equivalent Terms used

carnival (entertainment events)

Created

12yrs ago

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