The Venice Carnival is the most popular event in Italy since it was celebrated publicly for the first time in 1296. It takes place between the 12 days before Lent and Shrove Tuesday and stands out mainly for the costumes used. The costumes are inspired by the characters of the ancient Italian Comedy of Art of the XNUMXth century and the objective is to ridicule them with costumes of harlequin, pants, polichinella, columbine, pierrot, etc. You have all the information in: «Italy and its customs«.

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