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LANGUAGE
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Venetian or the regional form Venetan is a Romance language spoken as native language by over two million people,mostly in Venice, but also the Veneto region of Italy, where of five million inhabitants almost all can understand it. It is sometime spo... |
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MORETTA
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The moretta is an oval mask of black velvet that was usually worn by women visiting convents. It was invented in France and rapidly became popular in Venice as it brought out the beauty of feminine features. The mask was finished off with a veil, and... |
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VOLTO OR LARVA
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The "Volto" was the more common mask used in Venice for centuries. Volto means "face" to design that is was the most common, simplest mask. |
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VENETIAN CARNIVAL MASKS
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Masks have always been a central feature of the Venetian carnival; traditionally people were allowed to wear them between the festival of Santo Stefano (St. Stephen's Day, December 26) and the start of the carnival season and midnight of Shrove Tuesd... |
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BAUTA
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Bauta is the whole face, with a stubborn chin line, no mouth, and lots of gilding". One may find masks sold as Bautas that cover only the upper part of the face from the forehead to the nose and upper cheeks, thereby concealing identity but enabling ... |
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VENETIAN LANGUAGE
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Venetian or Venetan is a Romance language spoken as native language by over two million people, mostly in the Veneto region of Italy, where of five million inhabitants almost all can understand it. It is sometime spoken and often well understood outs... |
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TRADITIONAL SYSTEM
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Venetian does not have an official writing system, but it is traditionally written using the Latin alphabet - sometimes with the addition of a couple of letters and/or diacritics for the sounds that do not exist in Italian, such as ç/zh for /?/. Othe... |
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CULTURAL REFERENCES
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Carnevale is depicted in the 2009 video game; Assassin's Creed II. The main character; Ezio Auditore Da Firenze is assisted by the artist; Leonardo Da Vinci, to hunt down and assassinate the corrupt Doge of Venice during Carnevale while wearing a mas... |
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CARNIVALE HISTORY
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Carnivale started as a time for celebration and expression throughout the classes, as wearing masks hid any form of identity between social classes. During the 1970s, the Italian government decided to bring back the history and culture of Venice, and... |
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MASK-MAKERS
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The mascherari, or mask-makers had their own statute dated 10 April 1436. They belonged to the fringe of painters and were helped in their task by sign-painters who drew faces onto plaster in a range of different shapes and paying extreme attention t... |
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