Carnival, imodzi mwazochitika zokondedwa komanso zodziwika bwino m'zikhalidwe zambiri, zakhala zikuchitika kwa zaka mazana angapo. Chiyambi chake chimachokera ku zikondwerero zakale zomwe zakhala zikusintha m'kupita kwa nthawi ndi chikoka cha zikhalidwe zosiyanasiyana.
Mizu ya carnival imapezeka m'mapwando akale a Aroma a Saturnalia, phwando la Saturn, Mulungu wa Kubzala ndi Kukolola. Unali mwambo wapachaka wapakati pa Disembala womwe umatenga masiku asanu ndi awiri ndi zochitika monga maphwando apagulu komanso zikondwerero za carnival. Kugwiritsiridwa ntchito kwa masks ndi zovala zapamwamba kunachitika mkati mwa tsiku lomaliza la zikondwerero za Saturnalia.
Kuchokera ku Roma, chikondwererocho chinafalikira kudera la Mediterranean ndipo pambuyo pake chinavomerezedwa ndi Tchalitchi cha Katolika. Tchalitchichi chinasintha chikondwererocho n’kuchitcha dzina lakuti Carnival kuti chigwirizane ndi zikhulupiriro za Akhristu Achikatolika. Carnival inakhala njira yokonzekera nthawi ya kusala kudya ndi kudziwonetsera pa nthawi ya Lent, chochitika cha Katolika pomwe anthu amakonzekera zauzimu Pasaka isanafike.
Pofika m'zaka za m'ma 15, ulendo wa Carnival wadutsa masinthidwe angapo, kuphatikizapo mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya zovala ndi masks, komanso kuwonjezera ng'oma ndi nyimbo. M’maiko ambiri monga Brazil ndi Trinidad, Carnival yakhala magwero a chikhalidwe ndi dziko.
Ku Russia, m’nthawi ya ulamuliro wa Soviet Union, ntchito zonse zachipembedzo zinali zochepa ndipo maphwando a Christian Lent, Carnival, ndi Maslenitsa (Chirasha cha Carnival) analetsedwa. Pambuyo pa kutha kwa Soviet Union mu 1991, Maslenitsa ndi zikondwerero zina zachipembedzo zinabwezeretsedwa ndipo Carnival inapezanso miyambo ndi miyambo yakale.
Masiku ano, Carnival imakondwerera m’madera ambiri padziko lapansi, kuyambira ku South America mpaka ku Ulaya, Africa, ndi ku Caribbean. Masks, zovala, ng'oma, maphwando, ndi ziwonetsero zimakhalabe mbali ya zikondwerero za Carnival, chochitika chokhala ndi mbiri yozama ndi mizu yomwe ikupitirizabe kudutsa zaka zambiri.
