The document discusses Carnival traditions in Italy. It is celebrated with masked balls, parades, dances, and marks the period before Lent. The celebrations originated from pagan festivals using masks to ward off evil spirits. During the Middle Ages and Renaissance, Carnival celebrations were introduced in European courts. Today, Carnival is an opportunity for fun expressed through costumes, parades, and festivals. The document also provides descriptions of common Carnival character masks from different Italian regions such as Pulcinella from Naples and Pantalone from Venice.

1. Carnival is the happiest festival of the year
It seems a party created especially for children, who have always loved dressing up anddressing
up in all ways possible!
Carnival is the period before Lent and is celebrated with masked balls, parades of floats,dances.
It ends the day of Mardi Gras, which precedes Ash Wednesday, first day of Lent.
The celebrations during the Carnival season has an origin very far, probably in pagan religious
festivals, which made use of masks to ward off evil spirits.
With Christianity these rites lost their magical and ritual were just forms of popular entertainment.
During the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, during the Carnival celebrations were also
introduced in the European courts and assumed most refined forms, related to theater, dance
and music.
Today, Carnival is an opportunity for fun and is expressed through the disguise, maskedparades,
festivals.

2. Pulcinella
Naples Rugantino
Pulcinella is
a foolish servant and
talkative. Assumes contra Rome
dictory personality: it can Rugantino contaballe is boastful
be dumbor smart, brave and often risks, and pay in
or cowardly.
Pulcinella is the person.
personification of It 's willing to take up to
idleness. remain unconscious in order to
He is always hungry and have the last
thirsty, his favorite dish
is macaroni with tomato word. Represented thetype
sauce. It has of populating violent
a livelygestures, typical of but generous, true ancestor of
the Neapolitan the
modern suburban bully always
ready to mock the powers that
be and those who defend the
misery ends with the outlaw.
Its name derives from
"Rugare" ie, grumble, grumble, l
ike a pot of simmering water.

3. harlequin
Bergamo
Born in Bergamo low,
Harlequin shows
little intellect and it is
foolish and gullible.
Harlequin we find
him still
as the humble servant Pantalone
and the porter.
It 'a
mask acrobatics, the Venice
complex gestures: his Pant is an old merchant, often
speech Bergamo is
much more rich and esteemed by the
complex than that nobility, while other times it
of Brighella, as enrich is an old merchant in ruins. It
ed by expressions in
other dialects. 's an old man very
special because despite his
age is capable of doinghis
"advances" that love never
end in a positive way.
And 'a man of great vitality in
business, to the point
of sacrificing the
happiness of children andfamily
harmony while advantageous to
combine a wedding

4. Le Chiacchiere Le Frittelle di Carnevale
Gli Struffoli

5. Near Somma Vesuviana there is a country: Saviano. It is famous for
Carnival.