ANTIGUA AND BARBUDAAt Fort James on the island of Antigua, the pink masks worn by troupes of clowns during Carnival may represent European colonizers. (During the 18th century, the British Royal ...
Business Insider UK visited three different workshops to see how the masks are made for the world famous Carnival of Venice. The traditional masks are made in papier maché and are decorated with ...
This is Carnival, otherwise known as the Venice Mask Festival. This period of vibrant revelry in the dead of winter dates all the way back to the 13th century. You can find Carnival celebrations ...
And they wore masks to disguise themselves ... reaches a peak even now on "Fat Thursday" at the end of the February carnival. "It was a moment when young unmarried people had a chance to meet ...
Rio de Janeiro’s street carnival parades may be off but other ... Saturday’s parades featured an unprecedented item: face masks. Other than that, drums and cymbals sounded again as fervent ...