The History of Venice Carnival and its Traditional Mask | Storia della Maschera di Carnevale

The History of Venice Carnival and its Traditional Mask | Storia della maschera di carnevale The Carnival of Venice is an annual festival, held in Venice. The Carnival starts around two weeks before Ash Wednesday and ends on Shrove Tuesday (Fat Tuesday or Martedì Grasso), the day before Ash Wednesday. The Venice Carnival is now world famous - it always takes place during the ten days leading up to Shrove Tuesday. Carnival, being a pre-Lent festival, means ’farewell to meat’ and is celebrated throughout It