Mar 26, 2012
[W]hat is ... carnival-time? How could you characterize festival-time? Broadly speaking, they have five important attributes. First, they are almost always tied to nature's time. Secondly, they have an ahistoric quality, not tied to specific events in a recorded past. Third, the transform work-time to play and have a quality of reversal, turning the tables on ordinary social relations, or expected behaviour. Fouth, they are characterized by an earthly vulgarity, deep sexual in their traditions and symbols. And lastly, they emphasize a community of people and a locality of land.
Jay Griffiths | Pip Pip: A Sideways Look at Time | p 72