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Welcome to our little site dedicated to anything and everything that is Mardi Gras in New Orleans

Added on: Dec 29, 2000 | Hits: 4858

Not directly facemask related - none the less: Body masks.

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Links to carnevals all over the world.

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A tour of Venice throughout the centuries. You will discover through history and culture how the Carnival used to be celebrated and how it is celebrated today in a city like Venice. The site splits into two sections at this point - the old carnival and the new.

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THE MOST INVOLVING CARNIVAL OF EUROPE IS TWINNED WITH THE BRASILIAN CARNIVAL FOR THE STYLE OF ITS ALLEGORICAL FLOATS, THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS AND FOR FUN 4 - 11 - 18 - 25 FEBRUARY e 4 MARCH 2001

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The Putignano Carnival can boast two records, one being, that it is one of the oldest and the other as one of the world's longest. One of the oldest because some researches have found records dating back to 26 December, 1394. Its fame as one of the longest derives from the fact that like all carnivals is ends the day of Marti Gras but starts unbelievingly the 26 December, with the multi-centennial tradition of the "Propaggine".

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Another wonderful italian carneval - we are all invited to go !

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( Italian Version) Carnevale comincia il giorno di Sant' Antonio Abate. Un proverbio lucano, infatti, recita "a Sant'Antuon maschere e suon" il primo segnale dell'arrivo della festa pi? colorata e divertente dell'anno ? dato dal fuoco. In quasi tutti i centri lucani il Santo dei maiali, delle mucche, delle pecore e di tutti gli animali domestici viene ricordato con l'accensione di grandi fal?. I fuochi vengono accesi nelle piazze principali e soprattutto davanti alle chiese perch? vengono benedetti dal parroco.

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Fabulous traditional event in Europe each year.

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The idea of organising a parade of floats to celebrate Carnival outdoors, all together along the streets, developed from some youths of the well-to-do society in February 1873 in the Caf? del Casino. Later this original event, which took place on the Sunday and Shrove Tuesday of February 1873, ripened in the Carnival of Viareggio, as it is known today; one of the most beautiful and magnificent spectacular events of the world.

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This years' festival ( 2000 )invites 32 theater troupes (22 French, 3 African, 2 Dutch and 4 Israelis), covering 30 different artistic projects, including 23 ?creations? (recent productions), and 8 coproductions with Chalon-sur-Sa?ne "Abattoir", which is a creation and production site for "street art".

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Du Moyen Age jusqu'au troisi?me mill?naire, quelle belle continuit?, malgr? les hiatus et le silence relatif des archives ; mais les maillons chronologiques sont assez tenus, pour rappeler une histoire ancr?e dans la cit?. Carnaval est partie int?grante du patrimoine et la manifestation la plus populaire et la plus vivante de l'hiver Albigeois.

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( Chapter about the Purim - masks and costumes ) Purim is the most festive of Jewish holidays, a time of prizes, noisemakers, costumes and treats. The Festival of Purim commemorates a major victory over oppression and is recounted in the Megillah, the scroll of the story of Esther. Purim takes place on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of Adar, the twelfth month of the Jewish calendar. This year (2000) Purim begins at sundown on Monday the 20th of March

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Describing in short the tradition. Part of large website.

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Dia de los Muertos, Oaxaca 2001 Day of the Dead Tour One of the most important holidays in Mexico is Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, when those that have passed on to another life come back to visit their families. Dia de Los Muertos is actually a series of festivities lasting about a week and ending on November 2.

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A Chinese proverb states that all creations are reborn on New Year?s day. The Chinese New Year is a celebration of change ... out with the old and in with the new!

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Trip to CARNIVAL held in Oruro, Bolivia (click on link)

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A site telling about the fabulous Basel - fasnacht IN ENGLISH !!

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In English - updated version with fotos "The carnival festivities have strong roots in the Opatija region. Their origin is from the time when the key persons were the Zvon?ari, people who, at the beginning of February, dressed in skins of wild animal, wore colourful hats and had cowbells tied to their body. they would go out in the forests in groups to scare out the turkish soldiers, which dates the events to somewhere about 1511, when the last battle took place in this territory."

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Dubarry (Porcelaine de Limoges) have produced a series of pill/trinket boxes based on the Masks produced for the Princes Trust by 500 celebrities and well known spokespeople from the worlds of art, music, theatre, film, politics, business and sport. Each celebrity was invited to decorate a clay mask. The results are a stunning collection of original designs. Pictured top right are three of the boxes from designs by Sting, Bette Midler and Mary Quant. The actual masks by Sting and Bette Midler are pictured

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+ VIDEO ( REALPLAYER) "For centuries, the people of Papua New Guinea have gathered for festivals. In the past, these gatherings have provided an opportunity for feasting, and for asking forgiveness for wrong-doing such as pig stealing. Today, the best known gatherings are held at Mount Hagen and Goroka."

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There are several versions on the origin of the word "Carnival". In the Milanise dialect, Carnevale means "the time when the use of meat is taken away", since Carnival is precisely the night before Ash Wednesday. In Brazil, the event is the greatest popular cultural manifestation besides soccer. It is a mixture of fun, party and theater which involves art and folklore.

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El Carnaval Dominicano es una de las tradiciones m?s coloridas y celebraciones m?s alegres de la Rep?blica Dominicana. En el mismo participa todo el pueblo, que se lanza a las calles a disfrutar, compartir y celebrar con alegr?a. Su mayor intensidad ocurre a finales del mes de febrero en su ?ltimo fin de semana, aunque dependiendo de la regi?n, se celebra todos los fines de semana del mes de febrero e incluso hasta inicios de marzo. Existen otras fechas particulares en las que algunas poblaciones celebran carnavales aislados, pero con la misma creatividad y entusiasmo mostrado en febrero por toda la naci?n. Pero es febrero el mes de Carnaval en la Rep?blica Dominicana y el j?bilo y la celebraci?n masiva en las calles y clubes sociales son el sello que distingue estas fechas.

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We are an carnival-association who based on old storys about the village "Dettenhausen" in the south of germany. Our masks are handmaded out of wood. We are using the masks only in time of carnival to banish evil creatures.

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