9 carnival in italy
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Carnival in ItalyTRANSCRIPT
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The Carnival is traditionally the period before Lent and is celebrated with costume parties , parades of floats and dances. The main events take place ending with Shrove Tuesday, which precedes the Feast of Ashes, beginning, for Christians, a sacred period of forty days in preparation for the feast of Easter, called Lent (from the Latin quarantine ) .
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Throughout Italy will organize parties and costume parades. In many towns there are processions of floats.
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The cities most famous for Carnival
in Italy are:
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Venice Carnival
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Carnival of Viareggio
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Carnival of Cento
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At the Carnival today are related some typical masks, caricatures of faults and defects of the inhabitants of the various regions.
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The most famous masks
are also the protagonists of
funny comedy and the main
characters are:
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Arlecchino
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Pulcinella
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Colombina
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Balanzone
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Pantalone
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Meneghino
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Stenterello
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Brighella
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Gianduia
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Tartaglia
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The Carnival in our school
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The children worked on the theme of Carnival learning poems, staging of theatrical schatch, mimicking some rhymes. Some classes have in-depth knowledge of the typical masks and their geographical origin.
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Thursday, February 27th all classes participated in the carnival party organized tournament games.
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The children and teachers were dressed in costume and played in teams