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Pupils of CLASSE 3D
Bruno, Jacquelyne, Giulia B., Lorenzo B., Francesco, Lisa C.,
Alessia C., Federico, Alessia G., Lisa G., Lorenzo L., Mathilde,
Aurora, Lorenzo N. , Francesca, Chiara, Filippo, Giulia P.,
Alessandra, Emanuele, Ibraihim, Vitalina.
TEACHERS INVOLVED
Teresa De Vito
English Language teacher
Lorenza Biasci
Art teacher
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Carnival is a festival of ancient origins, a little
religious and pagan at the same time, it starts at
Epiphany until Ash Wednesday.
The modern carnival, has lost its original meaning
was the religious one, and has assumed that of a
folk festival, which is kept alive and cultivated for
not losing the old traditions. For this, in our
country, the Carnival has taken today a significant
impact in those cities which, already in the past,
had great traditions, such as Viareggio in
Tuscany and Venice in the Veneto region.
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In Venice, all the city is transformed at carnival time and the
old masks around on the “calli” and “gondole”, bring the
observer on a magic journey back in the time.
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Viareggio, is instead famous for the
floats parades, on which big papier-
machè masks, satirize current affairs
and prominent people.
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The Carnival citadel of Viareggio is the biggest and most
important centre dedicated to the masks.
Here you can find the builders labs, the hangars where are
made the huge floats, two museums, a historic
documentary centre.
These buildings overlook a big square ,that in summer is
used to put on great shows.
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In this period there is a lot of euphoria.
The people strolls in the city streets
and in the squares and celebrates with
masks , carnival floats, confetti and
streamers.
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Carnival is a funny and festive
procession: you can dress up and
decide to wear the fancy dress you
want to, but long time ago the typical
masks were those belonging to the
characters of the “commdia dell’ arte”
and slapstick comedy such as
Harlequin , Columbine , Punch
(Pulcinella) and many others.
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THE CHARACTERS OF THE
“COMMEDIA DELL’ARTE”
The masks of “commedia dell’arte” Punch,
Harlequin, Pantaloon, and many others which
succeded in portraying typical people of society
of that time, appeared in theatres from 16th to 17th
century.
Their masks are still the most worn to dress up at
carnival time so that, the characters of “commedia
dell’arte”, are revived in the streets, instead of on
stage.
46. Harlequin
This is the most famous mask and
it comes from Bergamo in
Lombardia.
His multi-coloured, strange dress
is due to his generous
friends,when, for the Carnival
occasion, they gave him some
pieces of cloth of their costumes,
so that he could have a nice
custom too.
47. Brighella
Is a servant from Bergamo in
the north of Italy. He is a
cunning fellow who likes
arguing (its name means
quarrel).
He wears a black mask, a
jacket,a cape and white
trousers with green
decorations.
48. Brighella
Anche lui servitore
bergamasco. Brighella è
furbo, non ha scrupoli,
non rispetta nessuno e
ama litigare (il suo nome
deriva da briga = lite). Il
suo costume è
composto da una mezza
maschera nera,
giacchetta, mantellina e
pantaloni bianchi con
decorazioni verdi.
Meneghino
Is the traditional mask from
Milan, whose name comes from a
class of servants who
accompanied the gentlemen to
church on Sunday or walking and
is the symbol of the faithful
servant .
It has got a brown tricorn , a wig
with a ponytail , brown jacket ,
green shorts and white sockings
with red and white or colored
stripes.
49. Gianduia
Is the mask from Turin . He
wears a brown costume edged
in red, and a yellow waistcoat
and red socks , he wears a wig
with a ponytail .
He is an honest man , who likes
the wine and to be jolly, he is
such a good guy who has
common sense and courage
50. Pantalone
A typical venetian fancy dress
which represents the typical
old, rich, growling and stingy
merchant.
The costume is made up of a
woolly cap and a red jacket. He
wears a black cloak, often lined
of red and black slippers with
the points upwards.
His black mask with a hooked
nose, marked eyebrows and a
curious pointed beard is very
peculiar.
51. Columbine
Is a simple Venetian
mask with a dress
sometimes in colored
patches such as
Harlequin, finished
with a pretty white cap
and apron of the
same color.
52. Stenterello
It's a Tuscan mask,and was
called Stenterello for his slender
figure.
He wears on his head a kind of a
boat hat, a wig with a ponytail,a
long blouse made of blue cloth, a
yellow waistcoat, black shorts,
stockings of different colours one
is red, the other instead is with
white and blue stripes.
It is a greedy, lazybones, coward,
fool guy, hounded by his
creditors and misfortune.
53. Pulcinella (Punch)
It's a famous mask from
Naples and one of the most
popular in italy.
His costume, is characterized
by a white shirt and porter
trousers, a hat made by bread
of sugar, mustache, and
beard.
He's a lazy character.
He is always very hungry
cheeky and has a bigmouth.
54. Tartaglia
It ' a mask from Naples.
It took its name
“Tartaglia”(stuttere)
because of the
stuttering way of talking
which distinguished this
mask. Tartaglia is a
hilarious and funny
character he never
plays tragic or sad
roles.
55. Do you celebrate carniaval?
Do you dress up or wear masks? Let us know, we're curious!!
Thank you for watching .
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