Carnival, chimwe chezviitiko zvinofarirwa uye zvinopembererwa mutsika zhinji, yanga iripo kwemazana emakore. Mavambo ayo anobva mumhemberero dzekare dzakachinja nekufamba kwenguva uye pesvedzero yetsika dzakasiyana.
Midzi yecarnival inowanikwa mumhemberero dzekare dzeRoma dzeSaturnalia, mutambo waSaturn, Mwari weKudyara uye Kukohwa. Chaive chiitiko chaipembererwa gore negore pakati paZvita chakatora mazuva manomwe nezviitiko zvakaita semabiko eruzhinji nemitambo yecarnival. Kushandiswa kwemasiki nemapfekero anoyevedza kwakaitika pazuva rekupedzisira remhemberero dzeSaturnalia.
Kubva kuRoma, mutambo wacho wakapararira munharaunda yeMediterranean uye gare gare wakagamuchirwa neChechi yeKaturike. Chechi yakagadziridza mutambo uyu ndokuutumidza zita rokuti Carnival kuti ibatanidze nezvitendero zvechiKaturike chevazhinji. Carnival yakava nzira yekugadzirira nguva yekutsanya uye kuongorora panguva yeLent, chiitiko cheKatorike apo vanhu vanogadzirira pakunamata pamberi peIsita.
Pakazosvika zana remakore rechi15, mudungwe weCarnival wapfuura nemushanduko dzakawanda, kusanganisira zvipfeko zvakasiyana-siyana nemasiki, pamwe chete nekuwedzera kwezvigubhu nemimhanzi. Munyika dzakawanda dzakaita seBrazil neTrinidad, Carnival yave iri manyuko ekuzivikanwa kwetsika nekwenyika.
MuRussia, mukutonga kweSoviet, mabasa ose echitendero akanga akaganhurirwa uye Christian Lent, Carnival, uye Maslenitsa (shanduro yechiRussia yeCarnival) yakarambidzwa. Mushure mekuparadzwa kweSoviet Union muna 1991, Maslenitsa nemimwe mitambo yechitendero yakadzorerwa uye Carnival yakawana zvakare tsika dzayo dzekare uye tsika.
Nhasi, Carnival inopembererwa munzvimbo dzakawanda dzepasi, kubva kuSouth America kusvika kuEurope, Africa, neCaribbean. Masks, zvipfeko, madhiramu, mapato, uye mapurisa zvinoramba zviri chikamu chemhemberero mukupemberera Carnival, chiitiko chine nhoroondo yakadzika uye midzi inoramba ichipfuura nemazera.
