1. Perceptions of Colony and Carnival.2. Power and its Historical Framework.-3. Social Difference and Street Dynamics.4. Fancy Dress, Rank and Dignity: Power and Play in Carnival Balls.5. 'The sweet satires that prick where it is needed....': The Caricature of Power.6. Raising the Levels of Street Carnivals - Competitions and Prizes.7. Carnival or Carnivals? Political Wrangles Between State, Church and Party.8. Politics vs Religion and State - Beyond Carnival and the Carnivalesque.9. Carnival as a Transnational Cultural Phenomenon.