Editing Cayenne (section)

==== Description and origin ====
[[File:Carnavalcayenne1.jpg|thumb|Carnival parade in the streets of Cayenne in 2006.|alt=Carnival parade in the streets of Cayenne in 2006.]]
[[File:Défilé2007.jpg|thumb|left|Carnival parade in Cayenne in 2007]]

This festival is part of the [[Guianan Creole]] culture. It was originally a carnival as practiced in Europe. In early [[colonization|colonial times]], the settlers held the carnival, but it was forbidden to slaves. Braving the ban, slaves Held clandestine festivals to regain some freedom, celebrate Africans, fertility and harvest, and make fun of the settlers.

The fat days close the carnival:<ref name="Guyane Guide">{{cite web|title=Le Carnaval – Une institution en Guyane|trans-title=Carnival: An Institution in Guiana | url=http://www.guyane-guide.com/dossiers/carnaval.htm|work=guyane-guide.com|date=2005-08-17|access-date=2020-01-17}}</ref> 
*Fat Sunday: day of the grand parade, the biggest carnival parade, where groups compete for prizes for their performance.
*Fat Monday: burlesque marriages; men dress up as brides and women as grooms.
*Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday): carnival goers parade as Diab rouj (red devils), everyone dressed in red and black.
*Ash Wednesday: she-devils dressed all in black and white bury Vaval, the king of the carnival.