Carnival
Food & Drink
by Germaine Stafford | Mon, 02/09/2009 - 03:58
Silvio Apuzzo has come a long way since his days as a blacksmith more than 30 years ago. Forced by circumstances to find a new job that would help him provide a…
Culture
by Carla Passino | Thu, 01/22/2009 - 04:49
Forget all you know about Italian Carnival—streamers, confetti, costumes, floats and carefree merrymaking. Mamoiada is different. This Carnival, which some…
Culture
by Carla Passino | Thu, 01/22/2009 - 04:45
Few Carnival festivals can rival Putignano’s history. The Apulian town started celebrating Carnival in 1394 and never stopped.The revelries started by accident…
Culture
by Carla Passino | Thu, 01/22/2009 - 04:42
Viareggio’s Carnival started in a coffee house. Back in 1873, the young scions of some of the city’s best families met around the coffee tables of the local…
Culture
by Carla Passino | Thu, 01/22/2009 - 04:28
Ivrea’s long Carnival starts on Twelfth night. On the Twelfth night of 200 years ago, to be precise. Some of the town’s Carnival traditions date from the…
Culture
by Carla Passino | Thu, 01/22/2009 - 04:23
Italy’s most famous Carnival may have started as a clever political ploy to keep the populace happy. First recorded in 1094, and made an official holiday in…
Lifestyle
by ITALY | Tue, 01/29/2008 - 06:47
Venice's world-famous carnival festivities are now in full swing but this year there is a decidedly modern twist to the centuries-old tradition.The carnival's…
Lifestyle
by ITALY | Wed, 01/23/2008 - 05:31
'Carnival in the Dark' and 'Sensation Show' top bill - A feast of the senses awaits visitors to Venice's glittering carnival celebrations this year. Each of…
Lifestyle
by ITALY | Wed, 02/21/2007 - 05:39
Over 30,000 tourists flocked to the lagoon city on the last day of Italy's most famous carnival celebration, city authorities said.An equal number of masked…
Lifestyle
by ITALY | Tue, 02/20/2007 - 05:58
Some 180 people were injured in this year's Battle of the Oranges, the high point of carnival celebration in this suburb of Turin.An estimated 120,000 people…
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