[Seconds after
this starts to infect the town, the entire carnival turns on like it's in the middle of a show. Music floats faintly through the air, merriment can be heard and even firecrackers are lit off. It stretches into the night, this impromptu celebration, before tapering off once the sun comes up.
Someone asks a bellydancer about it the next afternoon and she pulls a face, claiming that she was fast asleep the entire night.]