Editing Cayenne (section)

==== Masked balls ====
{{Main|Touloulou}}
[[File:Touloulous.jpg|thumb|[[Touloulou]]s in the Cayenne streets in 2007.]]

Nightclubs, called "universities" in this context, organize masked balls in which men come to dance with [[Touloulou]]s at soirées held on Friday and Saturday nights. This tradition is peculiar to French Guiana, and does not exist anywhere else.

The carnival dances are the [[polka]], [[mazurka]], [[biguine]] and {{lang|gcr|piké djouk}}. The Touloulou invite the men to dance, and the men cannot refuse. Only Touloulous have the right to dance, and if a undisguised woman tries to dance, the orchestra stops playing.<ref name="Guyane Guide"/>

Since the 1990s, tololo parties have been held where men disguise themselves and play the role of the Touloulous, inviting undisguised women to dance. These evenings are more and more popular and take place several times during the carnival.

'''The family carnival'''

Families gather every week to eat [[king cake]], a European tradition   observed throughout the carnival. The cake can be frangipane, cream, coconut or [[guava]].

After the abolition of slavery in 1848, the economy of French Guiana was devastated, and much of the population lived by working the land in “habitations”. People farmed and knew the value of working together. The tradition of the king cake was born in the Guiana of this period, or more precisely, “rend le bouquet”. One couple organized the meal and celebration, and at its end designated the couple who would organize the following gathering by handing them the bouquet.