23 Mayıs 2014 Cuma

Carnival of Venice

Carnival of Venice


 Carnival of Venice is an annual festival , exhibited in Venice Italy.Also it is the grandest and most well known festival in Italy.

It is said that the Carnival of Venice was started from a victory of the "Venetian Republic" against the foes.In the honor of this victory, the people started to dance and invest in San Marco Square. 

The Venetian carnival tradition is most famous for its unique masks.Although the general style of the masks and costumes remain the same, the Venice Carnival adopts a new theme each year. The wearing of the masks became a way to express themselves and celebrate. The masks hid the identity of the person in this way they sweept distance between social classes away.

During the Carnival period Venice offered countless possibilities for spending money.  The choices were various, with activities such as gambling dens, theatres, cafés, wine shops and restaurants.

The Venice Carnival is the highlighted part of the year for this beautiful city and thousands of tourists  who came to see every spectacular things including acrobats, jugglers, street artists, exotic animals, ropewalkersfrom all around the world.


At night masked balls and gala dinners take place in palaces with guests arriving by gondola along the Grand Canal. 


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3 yorum:

  1. I think the most important point is to be together. There is no social classes in that part of the year. Everyone can enjoy the festival together. I wish it was always be like that all around the world.

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  2. The masks and the costumes... The acrobats, the jugglers and the excotic animals are great. I wish I could go to Venice for this festival.

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