Streams of culture „THE CELEBRATION OF CARNIVAL“ ITALY

type of the celebration and the reason for choosing ONE Istituto Comprensivo Castel Frentano (Ch) Italiy Carnival is a festival with a lot of colour and it is fun. There are masks and beautiful dresses. This festival takes place between February and March. The carnival lasts several weeks and ends on Shrove Tuesday: this is most important day because there are principal celebrations before Lent, the period beginning with   Ash Wednesday. We chose to talk about the Carnival because in Italy it’s lived with enthusiasm, especially by children and teenagers. You can make jokes while many younger children are throwing confetti. At Carnival time you can say: “Anything goes at Carnival”

the characteristic of CARNIVAL Istituto Comprensivo Castel Frentano (Ch) Italiy In smaller towns, the preparations for the Carnival begin in middle January. The people build paper mache puppets and prepare the floats (allegorical wagon). During the Carnival everything is allowed: cheerfulness, fancy- dress , food and all kinds of cakes. In all regions of Italy is celebrated with parades and dances, traditional and fantastic masks, confetti and streamers. In some cities the celebrations are so original that they are touristic attraction.

Istituto Comprensivo Castel Frentano (Ch) Italiy origin The term “ Carnevale” comes from the latin Carnem levare. From the Middle Age it means that people must abstain themselves from eating meat for all the Lent (from the day following the end of the carnival – Ash Wednesday - until “Holy Thursday“) before Easter.

Istituto Comprensivo Castel Frentano (Ch) Italiy origin The first documents of Carnival date back to Medieval times (since the eighth century approx.) and talk about a festival with an immoderate use of foods and beverages. Therefore Tuesday and Thursday before Ash were called "fat“ (Shrove Thrusday). Moreover, at that time, people were exchanging social roles, hiding the old identities behind masks. Thus the practice of wearing a mask was born. The celebrations culminated with the trial, condemnation, death and funeral of a paper mache puppet, that was nothing but the old year who died and took away all the bad things.

Istituto Comprensivo Castel Frentano (Ch) Italiy Emilia Romagna Abruzzo Sicilia We are here! customs and traditions

Istituto Comprensivo Castel Frentano (Ch) Italiy CAKES DESCRIPTION CHIACCHIERE Italian typical cake, it’s cooked at Carnival. Chiacchiere are mainly made with flour, eggs, sugar and liqueur. Dough is fried in boiling oil or backed.   CANNOLI typical Sicilian cake made of pastry, ricotta cheese and candied.  CICERCHIATA The Cicerchiata is a typical cake from Abruzzo. It takes name from chickpeas because the dough is cut into very small balls and fried at last mingled with honey.

Istituto Comprensivo Castel Frentano (Ch) Italiy Italian typical masks In 1750, the actors of “Commedia dell’Arte” played for the first time wearing a mask: the most famous are Arlecchino, Pulcinella, Colombina etc..

Istituto Comprensivo Castel Frentano (Ch) Italiy Gianduia Stenterello Arlecchino e colombina Balanzone Pulcinella Beppe Nappa

Istituto Comprensivo Castel Frentano (Ch) Italiy Stenterello Stenterello is a typical Florentine mask. He is very cunning, he behaves like a gentleman in public, but sometimes when he does somethings wrong, he blames other people. He wears long socks up to the knee, with a capitain’s hat and a black jacket with red buttons. Gianduia Gianduia was born in Turin by the imagination of two puppeteers. He wears a brown jacket and red socks. He is very intelligent and playful. Balanzone He is a Bolognese mask. He has red cheeks , a black hat and black toga and has a black mask. He loves to talk,he is intelligent and vain. Beppe Nappa He is a Sicilian lazybones and he continually yawns. Nappa in dialect means "good for nothing“.

Istituto Comprensivo Castel Frentano (Ch) Italiy Pulcinella was born in Naples and he is the simbol of this City. He’s Arlecchio’s friend and he’s funny. He plays nasty tricks on somebody but he’s good to dance and play mandolin. Pulcinella Colombina She was born in Venezia. She’s pretty, vain, a little liar and gossipy. She delivers by hand, and secretly, letters to the lovers (nowaday she would be a Wedding Planner) but her boyfriend is Arlecchino. Arlecchino Arlecchino (Harlequin) comes from Bergamo. His dress is colorful and patched. Sometimes he’s silly and makes everybody laugh with his witty remarks. He‘s a servant but he doesn’t like to work. 

Istituto Comprensivo Castel Frentano (Ch) Italiy As we wrote previously, we chose to talk about Carnival because in Italy it’s lived with enthusiasm… Let’s see! original adornment connected with the celebration

Istituto Comprensivo Castel Frentano (Ch) Italiy CARNIVAL OF IVREA: It’s famous for the Orange Battle and this event was born in 1808. This battle commemorates a war happened in 1200. Carnival of Sciacca, Sicilian City. Carnival of Viareggio, (Tuscan City).

Istituto Comprensivo Castel Frentano (Ch) Italiy These are smart and wonderful masks from Venice.

Istituto Comprensivo Castel Frentano (Ch) Italiy For Carnival in our school we organized a contest for the most creative mask.

Istituto Comprensivo Castel Frentano (Ch) Italiy In our town we celebrate the Carnival with parties and parades. HERE WE ARE!

Istituto Comprensivo Castel Frentano (Ch) Italiy Look at my costume!

Istituto Comprensivo Castel Frentano (Ch) Italiy We made a paper mache puppet. We danced in the town square and at the night…

Istituto Comprensivo Castel Frentano (Ch) Italiy … we burnt it with fireworks.

Istituto Comprensivo Castel Frentano (Ch) Italiy This presentation has been realized by the pupils of the 5° grade of the «Istituto Comprensivo» of Castel Frentano Italy