in this picture by pieter bruegel, a man representing carnival is pushed on a barrel by people in costumes and masks. he is about to do battle with lent. his weapon is a skewer covered with pieces of roast meat. he balances a blackbird pie on his head. lent, who is very skinny, fights him with two little fish on a bread-board. the person at the front wears a mask and plays a very noisy instrument called a "rummelpott".