Masked Ball
In the sign of Pisces stands the sun
and calm brings cold
in our work.
Behind a mask rests our soul
with dance, sound and song of all toil
and shear thoughts.
(Author unknown)
These lines express the wonderful feelings for
- the carnival (Italian for "carne vale" as "flesh, farewell!"),
- the Shrovetide (the fasting period is coming),
- the so called "Fasching" (from "Fastenschank" = fasting bar, which was the last serving of alcoholic beverages before the strict Lent began) or
- the fifth season (because this event manipulates so strongly the rhythm of life, as otherwise only the changing of the four seasons does).
Since the 19th Century in the period from 11.11. until Ash Wednesday the hilarity, gaiety and exuberant joy of life hit their peak.
In original paneling, dazzling costumes and fantastic masks people slip into the secret game of otherness.
The mask or larva is an important tool for masking. Often it is made of wood, like the masks of the "Swabian- Alemannic carnival" or paper-mache, as the produced masks of the "Carnevale di Venezia".
Although the carnival is celebrated by many people of all latitudes and continents, albeit in different ways, so it has in some places a very special meaning and attraction. This is especially true for the Carnival in Venice.
Because the Carnival of Venice is quite different. There is no hustle and no loud music, but grace and elegance. The masks work by their beauty and by the variety of costumes. Venice with its unique structure in which all seems a dream and illusion, offers the appropriate place for the activity of this festival. In Venice everything is extraordinary - Venice is extraordinary.
Many thanks to Sabine Scherer (ciao-calotta.de) for this text and a lot of quotes!
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