Venice Carnival 2016

Carnivals - costumed celebrations associated with disguises, masquerades, colorful parades, etc. -. born around 10-11 centuries. And the oldest of them - the Italian, including the magnificent and unforgettable Venice karnaval.Redaktsiya Website
The first mention of the carnival in Venice belongs to 1094, although XIII-XIV centuries masks carnivals were not.



In 1162, in honor of the victory over the Patriarch of Aquileia begun festivities on the main square in Venice - San Marco. Presumably since become an annual carnival.





Wearing masks were very popular for a while; Venetians wore them for six months - from August to Lent. In connection with the increase in the number of brothels masks were banned by the Council of Ten in 1703, but the following year the decision was canceled.





Carnival of Venice on St. Mark's Square on January 30, 2016.





About 3 million people come to the Carnival of Venice, including the participants and photographers.





In the XVII century the Venetian Carnival was in decline, but in 1979, the Venetian carnival again became popular: the Italian Government elected him to promote the history and culture of Venice
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Venice Carnival opens the oldest Venetian festival - Festa delle Marie, which is dedicated to the liberation of the Venetian girls who were abducted by pirates from Istria
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But Marie and in Piazza San Marco during the Venice carnival, January 30, 2016.





Organized and costumed presentation, which reliably recreate the enchanting, frivolous carnival atmosphere of past centuries.





In 1996, the Carnival of Venice got its own anthem, who wrote the famous fashion designer Pierre Cardin. It turns out that he also wrote the music.





Last day of the carnival - Shrove Tuesday (similar Slavic Shrovetide), followed by a forty-day fast before Easter
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And of course, the traditional symbol of the annual carnival in Venice - the famous Venetian mask
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Gondoliers. Venice, January 30, 2016.





Masks were used in everyday life in order to conceal his face. It served a variety of purposes: from the romantic to the crimes. The last led to a ban on wearing masks outside the Carnival just before the end of the Venetian Republic.





The manufacturing process of the Venetian carnival mask outwardly simple. Take the plaster mold, smeared with Vaseline and filled inside a layer of papier-mache, prepared by a special recipe. The resulting preform is dried and polishes, and then cut holes in it to the eye. Then proceed to the decor.





Masks are often coated with a special paint to make them look like old. surface decoration - it is often a slow and painstaking process, using acrylic paints, gold and silver foil, enamel, lacquer, expensive fabrics, rhinestones, feathers, beads ... It all depends on the imagination of the artist
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