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carnival (North American English)[1][2] or travelling funfair
(UK English) often simply called "fair", "county fair", or
"state fair", is a small to medium sized travelling show
primarily composed of stalls and other amusements. The British
term "funfair" is also used to refer to non-traveling amusement
parks.[3][4][5] Larger fairs such as the permanent fairs of
cities and seaside resorts might be called a fairground,
although technically this refers to the land where a fair is
traditionally held. The word fair comes from the Latin word
feria, meaning a holiday.   In the UK and much of the rest of
Europe, individual rides and stalls are run by different,
independent showmen, who all converge for the duration of the
fair and then often go their separate ways to set up at fairs in
other towns.  In the UK the majority of showmen are registered
as part of the Showmen's guild of great Britain. This