5 Things You DIDN'T Know About Carnival of Venice 🇮🇹 🎭 (Carnevale di Venezia)

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The name ‘Carnival derives‘ from the Latin ‘carnem levare’ (to eliminate meat or ‘carne vale’ (farewell to meat), both referring to the farewell to meat and all bodily pleasures which is celebrated with a great banquet on ‘Shrove Tuesday’.

The Carnival tradition dates from Roman times, but it wasn't until 1296 that the Carnival in Venice became an official public holiday.

The Dogi promoted Carnival as a way to win public favour of the citizens of the Venetian Republic. which otherwise had to ahdere to strict rules.

Thanks to the wearing of masks, total anonymity was guaranteed. This created a sort of cancellation of social divisions and a way to hide differences between noble people and peasants.

From ‘Carnivale’ this is also how we get the verb ‘to incarnate’ (Italian: incarnare), literally to embody the spirit of another. When we escape our reality and slip on a mask and costume, we are actually incarnating another person.

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