Dont forget the war ended for them that day too: whether a winner or loser in the war we are all winners in the long term (i.e. our ancestors survived!) - that

Dont forget the war ended for them that day too: whether a winner or loser in the war we are all winners in the long term (i.e. our ancestors survived!) - that is worth celebrating and remembering those less lucky. :) So, yeh, they do commemorate but not today. (although it must be said that whilst sombre remembrance is an excellent thing a carnival is, in my eyes, no less of a celebration; being of the belief that the best way to honor the dead is celebrate/appreciate life :))