Igama "umkhosi womkhosi" kungakhumbuza abadumile Umkhosi weRio de Janeiro kusuka eBrazil noma ku- I-Carnival yaseVenice e-Italy. Kodwa ama-carnival abalulekile nawo agujwa eGrisi. Eyaziwa kakhulu yiPatras Carnival ePeloponnese, kanti iRethymnon Carnival iya ngokuya ithandwa kakhulu futhi ihlelwa kangcono minyaka yonke.
Futhi le nkathi yomkhosi eGrisi yaziwa njenge Ama-Apokries leso, phela, isikhathi sika I-Carnival ye-Athene. Umgubho wabantu bayo yonke iminyaka, uhlanganisa isiko ngokuvumelana nemibono yesimanje nemicimbi eheha izivakashi ezivela kuwo wonke umhlaba.
Isikhathi seCarnival e-Athene, eGrisi sithatha amasonto amathathu, futhi siyiphathi engapheli kuze kufike ukufika kweLente.
Ngo-2013 iCarnival iqala ngeSonto ngoFebhuwari 3 kuya ngeSonto ngoFebhuwari 24. Iqiniso ukuthi iCarnival e-Athene yithuba lokubalekela isizungu sansuku zonke futhi ungene ezweni lephathi nefantasy.
Kumayelana nokugqoka nokuzijabulisa. Phakathi namasonto amathathu enkathi yeCarnival, i-Athene igcwele imvunulo. Abantu base-Athene bayo yonke iminyaka, kanye nezivakashi, bagqoka ukuze babambe iqhaza emicimbini noma baye njalo emakhefi nemigoqo yedolobha begqoke izifihla-buso ezihlekisayo, amawigi nezingubo. Ngokwengeziwe, idolobha lase-Athene seliye laba yinto ephambili ukwenza imicimbi minyaka yonke eheha izingane, ngoba i-carnival iwumkhosi wezingane.
Izimpelasonto nezimpelasonto zomkhosi ikakhulukazi yizikhathi ezithandwa kakhulu ngamabhola namabhola okuzihlanganisa, eziningi zenzeka ezindaweni ezahlukahlukene kuwo wonke amasonto amathathu omkhosi.
Isifihla-buso kukholakala ukuthi siyinzalo yamamaski obumba afanayo asendulo afakwa ngabalingisi kumdlalo wamahlaya wasendulo wamaGrikhi nakwidrama ehlekisayo. Ngakho-ke amaRoma enza amaski amaningi ahlukene amele izinhlobo ezahlukahlukene zamahlaya.