Carnival, ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan da aka fi so da kuma shagulgula a cikin al'adu da yawa, ya kasance a cikin ƙarni da yawa. Asalinsa ya samo asali ne daga tsoffin bukukuwan da suka sami sauye-sauye a tsawon lokaci da kuma tasirin al'adu daban-daban.
Tushen bukin ana samunsa ne a cikin bukukuwan Saturnalia na zamanin d Romawa, bikin Saturn, Allah na shuka da girbi. Wani biki ne da ake yi duk shekara a tsakiyar watan Disamba wanda ya dauki tsawon kwanaki bakwai ana gudanar da ayyuka irin su liyafar jama'a da kuma bukukuwa irin na carnival. An yi amfani da abin rufe fuska da kayan ado na ado a ranar ƙarshe na bikin Saturnalia.
Daga Roma, bikin ya bazu ko'ina cikin yankin Bahar Rum kuma daga baya Cocin Katolika ta karbe shi. Cocin ta gyara bikin kuma ta sake masa suna Carnival don haɗa shi da aƙidar Kiristan Katolika na talakawa. Carnival ya zama wata hanya ta shirya don lokacin azumi da introspection a lokacin Lent, wani taron Katolika inda mutane suka shirya kansu a ruhaniya kafin Easter.
Ya zuwa karni na 15, jerin gwanon Carnival ya yi sauye-sauye da dama, ciki har da manyan kayayyaki da abin rufe fuska, da kuma karin ganguna da kade-kade. A ƙasashe da yawa kamar Brazil da Trinidad, Carnival ya kasance tushen al'adu da asalin ƙasa.
A Rasha, a lokacin mulkin Soviet, duk ayyukan addini ba su da iyaka kuma an dakatar da Lent na Kirista, Carnival, da Maslenitsa (nau'in Rashanci na Carnival). Bayan rushewar Tarayyar Soviet a 1991, Maslenitsa da sauran bukukuwan addini sun dawo kuma Carnival ta dawo da tsoffin al'adu da al'adu.
A yau, ana gudanar da bikin Carnival a sassa da dama na duniya, daga Kudancin Amirka zuwa Turai, Afirka, da Caribbean. Masks, tufafi, ganguna, bukukuwa, da faretin sun kasance wani ɓangare na bukukuwan bikin Carnival, wani lamari mai zurfi da tarihi da tushen da ke ci gaba da wucewa ta tsawon shekaru.
