Carnival in Venice Italy heralds a big story of tradition with its origin in the thirteenth century. Carnival Venice is a popular event with the Venetians as well as the tourists to Venice. It lasts for nearly ten days starting generally from the last week of December though the date of starting varies nowadays. Though the Venice carnival has faced many breaks after the capture of Italy by Napoleon Bonaparte and the regime of fascist ruler Mussolini, the Carnival in Venice Italy has gained momentum from the 1980s. Venetians in their native call this festival 'Carnevale di Venezia'.
Carnival in Venice Italy deals mainly with mask-wearing. But, alongside, other informal activities like gambling, ceaseless partying carry on. Carnival Venice Italy has a noble story behind it. The word 'carnevale' is derived from the Latin vocabulary which means 'farewell to meat'. It signifies a farewell party for the non vegetarian dishes that the Catholic Christians sacrificed by tradition during the fasting weeks before the auspicious Easter. The history behind the wearing of masks dates back further: masquerade was put on by everyone from general Venetians to slaves in order to celebrate winter and simultaneously to protect themselves from the chill winter.
Gradually this masquerade tradition took the shape of festival that glorified in the 1700s. Nowadays, Carnival in Venice Italy draws a huge turnout of visitors to Venice. A group of the previous batches of Academy of Fine Arts has further helped in popularizing and preserving the culture of Italy Venice Carnival by setting up the first modern mask shop in 1978.
Jubilant citizens of the world can join the vibrancy of Carnival in Venice Italy in the following time:
2008 - January 25 to February 5
2009 - February 13 to February 24
2010 - February 5 to February 16
