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Is there a difference between a カーニバル and an お祭り? I researched the terms on
Jisho. Does it have to do with the duration or type of the activities? Thank
you.
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meaning words kanji katakana
Is there a difference between a カーニバル and an お祭り?
No, at least not the duration. In Japan, as the carnivals are typically more
like short events with their theme being the original carnival, and, as
Japanese "don't have time" their matsuris, while being short [maybe 0.5 ... 3
days], may last longer than the Japanese "carnivals", which tend to be [very]
short versions of the original ones, with e.g. the Rio Samba Carnival lasting
for 5 days.

In general, I think it is simply about if the event is a "Japanese carnival"
or a "Foreign carnival".

But, in case you live in Japan and watch ItteQ, their 世界の祭り covers [or maybe
"covered"] also events which would not normally not be referred to as
carnivals.
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祭り refers to festivals in general; it can refer to all sorts of festivals all
over the world, religious or non-religious.

カーニバル specifically refers to
[carnivals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival) celebrated in Christian
countries, or events derived from that. It's also commonly associated with
Samba since Rio's Carnival is world-famous. Japan is not a Christian country,
so there is no traditional Japanese カーニバル. Simply, if a foreign event is
called "XYZ Carnival" in English, it is called "XYZカーニバル" in Japanese, too.
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日本でカーニバルと言われると、

  1. narutoさんが言われている様に、復活祭の前に行われる欧州・南米等のカーニバル
  2. 日本で南米のカーニバルを模して、サンバ系の音楽と共にパレードするイベント
  3. その他、パレードが同時に行われるイベント（maybe same as tuomo's explanation)

といったことを想像します。

お祭りと言われますと、風習としてある期間に実施されるお祭りから、 学校や会社で実施される皆んなで騒いで盛り上がる行事もお祭りと呼んでしまいます。

このお祭りという言葉には、カーニバルも含まれています。
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