Airlines Reservations - Venice Carnival

Carnival), hence, the origin of the festivities is the will to consume all the meat before Lent (Carne = meat Vale = farewell. The Carnival starts on the last day before Lent. The origins of the Carnival in Venice are similar to many carnivals in the world.

Parades and festivals all over town, plays, dancing, costumes and masks, blurring social status, roll reversing, disorder, it's about drinking. The Carnival has no obvious religious significance.

When doctors were careful not to catch the disease from their patients, born after the plague in Europe, the most famous character in the Carnival of Venice is the doctor wearing black robe and white mask. And to characters from the comedia del Arte, to church characters, to styles and historic eras, to legend, costumes related to nature, during Carnival people wear masks and costumes of different kinds: Costumes that symbolize characters from mythology.

Acrobats and musicians and the whole city is filled with people and very lively, during this period the streets fill with artists. The Carnival in Venice takes place each year in February. Games and parties in the ancient palaces, gondola sailing, the Carnival is celebrated by costume parades. After a long period, in 1980 the Carnival tradition in Venice was renewed.

Apart from all the action in the streets there are also private events such as masked balls and gala dinners.

And the carnival is dedicated to China, the topic for 2006 carnival is the dragon and the lion. Last year the topic of the Carnival was theater. Every year the carnival has a different topic.

And continues through February 28, the carnival of 2006 starts on February 23.

And dancing for the young, the events of the carnival in Venice include special activities for kids.

If you want to see how masks are made of papier mache you can go into the store and see the work in process. Go to Unicorno Magico on 373 San Polo (At the end of the Rialto market), if you want to buy a Venetian mask. The traditional Venetian carnival masks are made by artists in Venice.