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 carnival - venice by dvideira
The Carnival is a century-old tradition in Venice and reached its maximum splendour in the 18th century. it was celebrated from December 26 and reached its climax the day before Ash Wednesday, also known as "Mardi Gras". During the period of Carnival it seems that every excess was permitted and the fact that everyone wore masks seemed to abolish all social division and to set aside the rules of behavior.
The Carnival was restored to life since 1980. People come from all over the world to enjoy private and public masked balls and masked revelers of all ages invade the campi Leave a Comment
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 by sim1
In the tourist areas you can find lots of stores where they sell carnival masks. Some are fantastically made, of course with the according price tag attached to it, lol. I would love to see Venice during the carnival, but I wonder if I could stand it considering how crowded it will be. Leave a Comment
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Aaaah, the carnival!!! Even in November there are lots of places where you are reminded that Venice is the place to be for the carnival. Hmmm, wouldn't mind seeing that, wow, must be so busy in Venice, but so much alive! Aaah... maybe one day....
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Wearing of masks in Venice (masquerading) began all the way in 1268 and it had to do with the relentless moral decline of the people of Venice. From the early 14th century new laws started to be promulgated to restrict masquerading especially during the night (men used to dress as women and enter the houses of young Venetians with "immoral thoughts"). Wearing of masks was limited only during the Carnival and official banquets. From 1608, the penalties were very heavy, for men it was 2 years jail time, 18 months galley-rowing and also a 500 lire fine. As for women, they were whipped from San Marco to Rialto, then they were banned to enter Venetian territory for 4 years and they had to pay the 500 lire fine.
There are so many stores in Venice selling masks, from the little ones (7 euros), made in plastic, to the standard ones - face size - from 20 to 75 euros, depending if they are made of simple plastic, or other cast material, to the more complicate to process ones, that could be a real Carnival mask, that can cost anywhere from 75 euros up to 200. These masks in the picture were phenomenal - the woman with a superb crafted mask with stones, and the man wearing a lion head mask, looking heavy and very impressive. Leave a Comment
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 by globetrott
'Carneval in Venice' is really great ! ! !
B U T : If you dont come to see the carneval come here any OTHER TIME of the Year !
It is absolutely crowded, often the 'traffic of walking people' is stuck for half an hour, and nobody could tell you why! You cannot go on and cannot go back in these small streets!
I really enjoyed that special kind of Carneval - its not like laughter at every corner, but sophisticated, great costumes, a certain melancholic atmosphere...
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 by blusky
Walking through the streets of Venice and seeing all this masks I was fascinated. There are many traditional costums and masks that really brings back life like it was so many centuries before, when Venice was a famous state. Leave a Comment
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 by Linee
Buying myself a Carnival mask and just hangging out and dancing as well with my friends at the Piaza San Marco. Leave a Comment
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 by sargentjeff
The best things I liked were actually seeing the famous gondolas and streets of water. It was hard to imagine such a place, but it's there and waiting for you too. Leave a Comment
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 by HAWLEYJ
EVERYTHING!!! Leave a Comment
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