This weekend is Carnival in Catholic-influenced places around the world. I’ve been to Mardi Gras (just a few months after Katrina — a low key year to say the least, but the show went on). I’ve joined in Carnival in Curacao, where you can contact a participating group, pay a fee, send your measurements, and show up to claim your tailor-made costume for the festivities. You get to be part of the parade. And finally, I picked up a squeaking plastic hammer and smacked perfect strangers over the head during Carnival in Sicily. They had some excellent floats there in Acireale, and claim to be the most beautiful carnevale in all of Sicily.
But one Carnival experience that I really want to have is Carnevale in Venice. Something about those masks seems so classic and classy. Though I wasn’t there for the event, the masks were already in a few shop windows. It’s not like a person needs an excuse to want to visit Italy, but this would qualify.
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I love the angle and the focus of the picture. great subject as well. I have tried the same technique before but not quite mastered it. Maybe it was the subject matter
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This photo is getting me psyched up for tomorrow’s Carnival in Trinidad & Tobago.
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These venetian stick masks are very extraordinary. Do you remember the place (name of the shop) where this photo was taken?
One of my future place to visit because of its uniqueness in architecture of building, The planning of great buildings Venice & many other. Whole city is surrounded by water so you can’t just without boats into water at city.