And that should not surprise us, comments Brazilian television producer Cláudio Petraglia, for he says that today’s carnival “originates from the feasts of Dionysus and Bacchus and that, really, is the nature of carnival. ”
द न्यू एन्साइक्लोपीडिया ब्रिटानिका कहती है कि पिशितोत्सव प्राचीन रोम के विधर्मी सतरनालिया उत्सव के साथ जोड़ा जा सकता है ।