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EVENTS!
Carnevale in Venezia
17-28 February 2006 (Every year)
The Venice Carnival, which revives the traditional masked balls and elaborate costumes of the 18th century, is the highlight of the city's year.
With a two-week series of processions, masquerades, traditional ceremonies, music and all-round festivities among the canals, squares and palaces of this ancient city, the Venice Carnival is one of the most celebrated and fascinating events in Europe. The whole city is filled with musicians, acrobats, theatre troupes and revellers from all over the world, and for those with a more aristocratic bent, there are dozens of masked balls, brunches in period costume and gala dinners to attend.
The carnival, with its attendant tradition of mask-wearing, has existed in some form or another since the 13th century. The masks themselves - along with the traditional bauto (hood and cape), tabarro (cloak) and tricorn hat - were favoured because they conferred complete anonymity on their wearers.
Viareggio Carnival (outside Florence)12 February 2006 (Various dates prior to Lent )
The Viareggio Carnival is the most spectacular in Italy, famous worldwide for its incredible puppets and much different from the more traditional and classic Venetian Carnvial
The people of Viareggio begin preparing the huge papier-maché puppets in hangar-like buildings by the sea. The figures satirise public and political figures and making them and setting them atop the floats requires considerable technical skill as well as creativity and imagination.
On set days throughout the carnival period, huge floats parade around the town competing for the finest float award, each one carrying about 200 people in costume, as well as the huge moving, Trojan horse-like puppets, with ten people inside to manoeuvre the weights, counter-weights and levers that prevent them from toppling over. Each parade finishes with gastronomic events and a massive municipal fireworks display.
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