Deviance is when individual or group of people participate in something that is just tempory, the acts that occur are temporary and the place. Deviance is doing something for a bit because society looks at it wrong. You're able to be deviant at Mardi Gras, as mentioned in the article “A Theory-Based Approach to Understanding Sexual Behavior at Mardi Gras” by Robin R. Millhausen, “ Mardi Gras has also been considered a "time out" place (Jankowiak & White, 1999) or, similarly, a “backspace”. So basically its are a time where people can break away from rules and law and live or be part of activities without any fear of getting in trouble. This also can be looked at as “ liminality” breaking away from class social status or rank being a normal
