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CARNIVAL ONE MIGHT HAVE NOT SEEN....
The Venice Carnival is the most internationally known festival celebrated in Venice, Italy, as well as being one of the oldest. This congregation of masked people, called Venice Carnival, began in the 15th century, but the tradition can be traced back to the beginning of the 14th Century. Leave a Comment
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MY DESIRE WAS TO TAKE PICTURES OF THE BEAUTIFUL COSTUMES AT CARNIVAL TIME.. I WAS NOT LET DOWN OR DISAPPOINTED ..HERE ARE SOME OF THE GREAT FACES I SAW!!!!!! THERE ARE 13 PARTS.( LOTS OF PICTURES) AND .A LOT OF CARNIVAL!!! Leave a Comment Address: EVERYWHERE IN VENICEDirections: A COSTUME FOR ALL TRAILS
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 Carnival costumes by eddilowe
Carnival, or Carnevale, is Venice's answer to Mardi Gras. Every Winter for eight days leading up to Lent tourists such as I flock to the City for pageants, commedia dell'arte, concerts, face painting, displaying your costume and masked balls up until Shrove Tuesday which marks the end of the festival.
In it's glory days of the 1700s the Carnevale di Venezia began on 26th December, people would wear masks and party and gamble. right until Ash Wednesday. The Venetian Republic was beginning to lose trade by this time which meant a loss of wealth and power. Carnival ceased along with the Republic when Napoleon Bonaparte conquered Venice in 1797.
In 1979 a group of non-Venetians attempted to revive Carnival a bit like other historical societies hold re-enactments and costume events. The event took off and hence the Carnival in it's present from was born, perking up a traditionally quiet time visitor-wise and creating a new tourist season.
My only gripe about the timing is that the weather is a bit hit and miss at this time of the year. Some of the costumes are so elaborate and sopping wet velvet could be quite heavy I imagine, and big ostrich plumes never look as grand when they're bedraggled! Leave a Comment Address: Venice Island Directions: Most of the action centres around St Marks Square. Look for the Campanile and head that way. Website: http://www.carnivalofvenice.com/
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A SMILE FOR EACH POSE....... A BOW FOR EACH ENTRANCE OF A DIFFERENT COSTUME... Venice Carnival attracted foreigners - including princes - from all over Europe, who came to enjoy the wild festivities while spending fortunes. Leave a Comment Address: EVERYWHERE
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SO MANY GREAT COSTUMES.... .AND THEY ALL SEEM TO HAVE COME OUT OF A STORYBOOK. During those years one of the first laws made by the Serenissima was that masks cannot be used around the city at night. Leave a Comment Address: EVERYWHERE
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 Carnival masks by frank_delargy
We were not lucky enough to be there during the carnival, but the masks that were on sale in the numerous shops were very nice to look at. Some were works of art in their own right. Leave a Comment
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 Carnival 2005 by mapakettle
This is a picture of the crowd heading on to the Rialto Bridge Feb 2005. This was one of the slower periods in past years. Judge for yourself. Leave a Comment Directions: Rialto Bridge
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 by cheapskate
It's all about the masks and the medival gowns.. many shops sell masks.. but quite a handful sell costumes too.. and i had fun looking at them with no intention of buying of course! Reminds me of all those movies i've watched like Drew Barrymore's Ever After.. haha Leave a Comment
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These Carnaval creatures seem to have popped out of a weird dream, Moving slowly, as all of this costume must be uncomfortable to wear, making the scene even more unreal !!!! They matched perfectly the place by St Marco water walk,giving life to it..... I don't wanna imagine Venice without the Carnival - it would be incomplete...
they do look impressive but spooky as well.
These masked ladies were having a photo shoot session. So I hurried to take a pic. Of course I am not a professional and they were looking elsewhere, but I just thought - these are real venetian costumes. They are worth being photographed. Leave a Comment
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 We've seen this couple twice
before by mapakettle
Ma Kettle and I held onto this prized location, by sitting along the steps leading from the canals edge. Suggest you lay a newspaper down first, to prevent green algae from soiling your back side. We didn't...
Fortunately, Carnaval time is so crowded, no one noticed our furry green bottoms. Leave a Comment Address: Grand Canal
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