{"id":680,"date":"2022-01-06T11:07:03","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T10:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/palazzoprigionivenezia.com\/?p=680"},"modified":"2022-01-06T11:08:02","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T10:08:02","slug":"carnevale-di-venezia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/palazzoprigionivenezia.com\/en\/carnevale-di-venezia\/","title":{"rendered":"Venice Carnival History"},"content":{"rendered":"

Venice Carnival History<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\u00a0history of Venice Carnival<\/strong>\u00a0begins in\u00a01094<\/strong>\u00a0when the\u00a0Doge Vitale Falier<\/strong>\u00a0was in power. In this period\u00a0the first edition of the Carnival of Venice began unconsciously<\/strong>, as a public celebration to honor the days preceding Lent. Everything is reported in an official document so that the tradition could be followed. But it took long time before the Venice Carnival became a proper festival, ending the day before Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent.\u00a0

Once the Carnival began\u00a0the first Sunday of October,<\/strong>\u00a0, grew with Epiphany and ended with a grand celebration in the day preceding Lent (Shrove Tuesday);its atmosphere<\/strong>\u00a0was different as the\u00a0party<\/strong>\u00a0was much longer and more intense.\u00a0Nowadays the Carnival lasts about ten days<\/strong>, still in the pre-Easter period but the expectation and excitement for Carnival is always present throughout the year.

The Social Freedom<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\u00a0Carnival<\/strong>\u00a0was an opportunity to break down all social differences and get everyone on the same level, it was the time to forget life problems and frustrations enjoying this popular festival altogether.\u00a0The mask was a symbol of the game but also of equality: as people could hide behind it all their shame.<\/strong>\u00a0Wearing\u00a0masks and costumes<\/strong>\u00a0people could completely hide their identity therefore eliminating all forms of personnel belonging to social class, gender, religion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyone could become what he wanted, he could have attitudes and behaviors according to his custom and to his changed appearance. For this reason, it was customary to greet the masks<\/strong> with a \u201cHello madame mask\u201d!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Essence of Carnival<\/em>

The joyful participation in disguise was and still is, the essence of Carnival.<\/strong>\u00a0A period of light-heartedness and freedom from the daily routine and from the prejudices and slanders. It was all part of a masked big stage, where actors and spectators were merged into a\u00a0unique and immense procession of figures and colors.\u00a0

<\/strong>The custom of dressing up was becoming more and more popular in\u00a0Venice<\/strong>so a real trade in masks and costumes grew from nothing to a profitable business.. There were\u00a0many parties with tumblers, jugglers and acrobats.<\/strong>\u00a0The tributes to the protagonists of\u00a0Venetian history<\/strong>\u00a0were great, especially to Marco Polo, the\u00a0Carnival<\/strong>\u00a0Carnival took every opportunity to remind his journeys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Venetian Carnival Nowadays<\/strong><\/em>

The Carnival in Venice has accompanied every moment of history: in the nineteenth century\u00a0Venice and its Carnival<\/strong>\u00a0become\u00a0a destination for artists and celebrities from around the world.<\/strong>\u00a0After the fall of the\u00a0Republic of Venice<\/strong>\u00a0the\u00a0Carnival<\/strong>\u00a0underwent a sharp break due to the French and Austrian domination. In this\u00a0sad<\/strong>\u00a0period<\/strong>\u00a0the Carnival continued only in the island of\u00a0Burano<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Murano<\/strong>, home to\u00a0Venetian artists<\/strong>.

The\u00a0Carnival<\/strong>\u00a0resurrected in 1979 when a group of citizens from civic associations helped to create the new edition of the\u00a0Venice Carnival<\/strong>, a festival lasting eleven days,\u00a0full of joy and happiness<\/strong>\u00a0to celebrate this anniversary, so dear to the Venetian people.

During Carnival, the innate nature of the Venetian merchants is overshadowed,\u00a0fun, jokes, masks and party atmosphere of lightheartedness<\/strong>\u00a0and invades the city in a festive general atmosphere that you can feel, see and touch throughout the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t

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