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04
Mar

The ancient Carnival of Venice: costums and traditions

The Carnival of Venice becomes officially a public festival in 1926 thanks to an edict of the Serenissima Republic. Let’s find out about the costumes and the habits of the ancient Carnival! In the ancient Carnival was a ritual of collective costume in the pursuit of the freedom from our own identity and the everyday […]

22
Feb

The masks of the Commedia: Il Dottore

March is coming and Carnival is just days away. Let’s find out more about the history of the masks of the Commedia dell’arte beginning from Balanzone, known as Il Dottore. Il Dottore is the latest mask, it comes into view at the end of the XVI Century. It comes from Bologna and the name derives […]

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