17:54 08.02.2011
Venetian carnival this year will last longer than usual
In Venice, Feb. 19 start of the first events of the famous Venice carnival. This fancy dress party with desyativekovoy history attracts the city more than half a million tourists from around the world. In urban areas with concerts, fireworks, in theaters put on plays on the theme of the carnival, the ancient palaces of the city are given balls, masquerades. On the streets of Venice out the townspeople and tourists in the costumes of the world famous characters of Italian commedia dell'arte.
Venice Carnival in 2011 will dedicated to the unification of Italy and women, and the festival itself would last for a week more than usual. The main program carnival will begin on Saturday, February 26, until Tuesday, March 8, a two-day prologue to the main festivities preceding weekend, February 19-20.
carnival theme identified two calendar events: in 2011 marks 150 years of the unification of Italy and even the last day of the carnival on Tuesday, coincides with International Women's Day, ie, March 8. A name From feelings to Sissi "(Italian for" Da Senso a Sissi ") refers to one of the masterpieces of the Luchino Visconti film" Sense ", filmed in 1954, and the image of Empress Elizabeth of Bavaria, known in Europe under the diminutive name Sissy - model of manners and refinement of the XIX century.
final event become regatta rowing boats on the Grand Canal, which in this auspicious occasion will be covered only by candles.
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