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	The festival of the carnival dates back to the Greek – Roman era and derives from pagan ceromonies to honour the god Saturn,and ask for a bountiful harvest. The term “carnival” derives from (carnem levare) to take away the meat (from the diet) so for this period one would abstain from eating meat. In medevil times the Tuesday and the Thursday before came to be called “grasso” (fat) and were celebrated with huge banquets and all types of amusements.

	In Italy the official date for the start of the carnival is the 17th of January, however in some parts of the peninsular and other parts of the world the dates are variable. It can start on the feast of St Steven, the day of Epifany, the 17th of January or the 2nd of February. The true meaning of carnival is purification. An event that unifies all locations and is demonstrated by the wearing of masks in a happy festival the end of which sees a large effigy burnt, that is meant to signify the the effigy contains all the bad things from the past year and is destroyed in flames.

	The last day of Carnival is the so called Martedi Grasso (fat Tuesday) (Mardi Gras) This falls on the 47th day before Easter. The carnival of Bosa, called in Sardinian “ karrasegare Osinku” from information found in local literature it can start on one of two different dates. Either New Year or on the feast of St Antonio Abate. The most important dates of the festiva are those preceeding Fat Tuesday , the last day of Carnival.
In Sardinia there are many diverse Carnivals in this video there are some examples

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