Just in time for Carnival 2026, our latest article about "Experiencing Carnival in Brazil: participation, motivations and outcomes" analyses the experience of Carnival Goers in Brazil in the post-Covid era. This is the fruit of a longitudinal research project on Carnival supported by ATLAS, and initiated by Lenia Marques over a decade ago. Over the last three years we surveyed over 1500 Carnival participants to find out how they experienced Carnival and and how this varied by

Carnival has begun! – at least in the Netherlands and Germany, where November 11th marks the start of the Carnival season. At 11 minutes past 11, to be precise. There are various explanations of origins of this apparently strange timing, including the co-incidence with the timing of the end of the First World War. But the most logical explanation seems to be that 11 is the ‘fool’s number’, stuck between the more usual 10 and 12. Carnival season 2026 is open! Whatever the expl