Saturday, March 20, 2010

Venice Carnevale, Italia

Venice Carnevale, ItaliaVenice Carnevale, Italia

Venice Carnevale, ItaliaVenice Carnevale, Italia.

Venice Carnevale, ItaliaVenice Carnevale, Italia

Venice Carnevale, ItaliaVenice Carnevale, Italia

Venice Carnevale, Italia
Venice Carnevale, Italia...........
The Roots of Venice Carnevale lie midway through the 12th century, when a festival was held the day before Ash Wednesday to commemorate a military victory vital Venetian. The celebration became an annual tradition, developing until 1268, when the first Venice Carnevale masks were said to have been donned. The masks shielded the wearers are not only from their sins, but also from displaying their social status, thrusting the city into an egalitarian frenzy every year until 1797, when the Conquering Napoleon disbanded the festivities. Time becomes elastic and untrustworthy during Carnevale in Venice Italy.

Stand around anywhere long enough, and it becomes a party. A roving band sets up next to a makeshift table of free food. Within minutes there will be revelers in dark Capes - suddenly the party has found you. Confetti is everywhere, cascading towards the ground by the handful, resting in the piazza corners next to sleeping backpackers, in the surrounding canals of the Adriatic, lying quietly beneath the occasional snowfall.

The mountains in the background give the festivities a majestic, regal Sheen at twilight, but the scenery is merely a footnote to the party enveloping you.
anything goes at carnivale. It is rarely said aloud, for the words would be wasted, redundant. Before Lent, before Ash Wednesday, before Easter, there is Mardi Gras - and nowhere is the party more boisterous than Carnevale in Venice Italy. There are lavish parades, masquerade balls luxuriant, and spontaneous parties in The Streets as the celebration lasts for almost two weeks.

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