Венецианский карнавал

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Venetian carnival. Venice-an open air museum - situated on 118 islands in the Adriatic Sea, connected by 400 bridges. The city threatened by sea level is from year to year increases. One of the most important festivals in Venice, which attract hundreds of thousands of foreign tourists and inhabitants of Italy, is the Carnival of Venice - holiday costume, which can take part only disguised in fancy dress, residents and tourists. The celebration lasts for the whole ten days, which are the prelude to Predpashalnomu office, received the name of Lent. During the carnival city on the water is transformed into what is happening and involve all residents, despite their social origin and status .

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During the Venice carnival in the streets you can see the Columbine and Pierrot , Harlequin and Pantalone , stargazers in pointed hats and medieval astrologers, Moors, reminiscent of Othello, Amazons, angels with white translucent wings, scary demons, and clad in armor and sham Turks with curved scimitars. Strolling through the city, you can meet a businessman dressed as Phantom of the Opera, and Italian dandies wearing hats and masks, young courtesans, and the knights, from head to foot, wrapped in a black cloak. A classic costume carnival of Venice is a black cloak, called « tabarro », which is combined with the finest robe of silk - « bauta » and a white mask and a black tricorn hat, called a Venetian word « tricorno ».

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Many of the costumes are a few thousand euros , some of them wealthy Venetians and foreign tourists even before the holiday bought by famous fashion designers. Everyone tries to merge with the image of his hero, who wears a suit, and the costumes should be bright, catchy and original, the residents of Venice are not taken for two consecutive years to wear the same costume - this is a sign of bad taste.

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History of Venetian carnival has more than one century, this ancient tradition, which originated in the times of the Middle Ages. Nucleation can be considered a holiday in 1296 - this time by the Government of the Republic of Venice the day before the onset of Lent was considered a holiday. A prototype of the Venetian carnival served pagan celebrations of ancient Rome, dedicated to the god Saturn, and after him were called "Saturnalia." At the time of the ancient holiday of between slaves and masters erased all the various estates, all become equal, ate delicious meals, drinking wine, sitting at one table, while often the Roman nobles waited on his own slaves It was during the Saturnalia choose the custom of the pseudo-king, whose image and its role in the subsequent periods were transferred to jesters, amused by all without exception of European monarchs. History of the false king in Rome ended in tragedy - he had to die at the end of the holiday by committing suicide or killing him with a knife, burned alive or hanged. Perhaps the image of the dying king centuries later became associated with biblical events, narrating the martyrdom and subsequent resurrection of Jesus Christ. One way or another, but the real reason for recreating a pagan holiday in a Catholic country for freedom can be attributed to the Venetians.

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Wear a mask covering the face hat pulled over his eyes or hide it under a veil was taken from the early Middle Ages, but the flowering of the Venetian carnival can be considered as the eighteenth century when the Inquisition are long gone, church dogma is considered a new and noble and wealthy citizens were not averse to fun. The descendants of pirates and Venetian merchants, has long become respectable Christians, hiding the face under the mask, quickly driving or hiring a gondola rower, visited the modest home of charming odalisques. Carnival then celebrated the whole two weeks, and all this time respected citizens were free to satisfy their innermost desires. There was no need to look for a logical justification could only dress out of all recognition in costume, and wear a mask that covers most of the face.

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In recent years, the celebration of the Venetian carnival combines the old traditions and new trends. Each year the carnival takes place on a certain topic, which makes it different from other carnivals and gives an indescribable charm and fascination, drawing on the feast of more and more tourists, which favorably contributes to the economic development of the city on the water, which currently specializes in the tourism industry. In 1999, Carnival of Venice was dedicated to his long history stretching back to that time, many centuries, and in 2003 became a symbol of carnival Fellini Festival 2004 was held on the subject, which opens in the diversity of the culture of the mysterious East.

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An inherent part of the Venetian carnival mask is the history of production which has its roots in the Middle Ages. As in the days of carnival venetian mask made of papier-mâché and leather. But the design of modern masks, richly decorated with gold leaf and other materials, contrasts sharply with the simple and angular medieval mask, his face was close to that sole purpose. Many of today's masks can be attributed to a particular species of art, and designers use them to decorate the rooms. Every year, Carnival of Venice begins with a traditional festival « Festa delle Marie», dedicated to the liberation of the local beauties, captured by pirates. The main street events held in the main square of Venice - St. Mark's Square. There are organized presentation showing scenes from the popular all over Italy commedia dell'arte , mime act, nimble jugglers and acrobats flexible. At the same time organize the concert and show their talents and everyone can, you just wear a carnival costume. All streets of the city during the Venetian carnival concerts, night sky light up millions of lights of fireworks, but most of the festivities held "behind closed doors" - in the old Venetian mansions, theaters and private clubs.

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Touch the festive atmosphere can be anyone, but book well in hotels to well before the holiday. Although these carnivals from the twentieth century, have been held in many European cities, as well as in Brazil and in other countries, the Carnival in Venice has not lost the palm. Only here you can completely dive into the amazing atmosphere of surrealism, seen on the streets of the city on the water characters from different historical eras and participants of the carnival imagination, as manifested in the unique costumes and masks.

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