  We study "cominuscule tableau combinatorics" by generalizing constructions of
M. Haiman, S. Fomin and M.-P. Sch\"utzenberger. In particular, we extend the
dual equivalence ideas of [Haiman, 1992] to reformulate the generalized
Littlewood-Richardson rule for cominuscule G/P Schubert calculus from
[Thomas-Yong, 2006]. We apply dual equivalence to give an alternative and
independent proof of the jeu de taquin results of [Proctor, 2004] needed in our
earlier work. We also extend Fomin's growth diagram description of jeu de
taquin; the inherent symmetry of these diagrams leads to a generalization of
Sch\"utzenberger's evacuation involution. Finally, these results are applied to
give an cominuscule extension of the carton rule of [Thomas-Yong, 2008].
