The most famous Italian masks

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The most famous Italian masks
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Arlecchino

• Although the character was born in province of
  Bergamo, its name comes from the French medieval
  tradition Harlequin, either Herlequin or
  Hellequin, is a devil conducting other devils in
  the popular mysteries of the 11th century. He is
  eccentric, easygoing, clever but also extremely
  stubborn. He wears a garment made of colored rags
  with a belt, wide and comfortable pants, a hat
  with a rabbit tail or a feather and a black mask
  on the eyes.The feather is a symbol of fertility
  and the rabbit is a symbol of cunning. Hung up
  to his belt he carries baòcio, the stick used to
  blend the mush, that he uses as a sword. He
  embodies the longshoreman, the porter, the
  bootlicker, the good servant, simple in the
  manners and in the head, that combines woe and
  that is always hungry. He is a buffoon whose
  character comes from the clown of the early
  Comedy of Art, from whom he inherited the natural
  inclination to woe.

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Balanzone

• Balanzone, or rather Doctor Balanzone, was born
  in Bologna, and ows his name to the balanza, the
  scales, the symbol of justice that reigns in
  tribunals. The Doctor is usually represented like
  a man of law, who knows and gives opinions about
  everything. His monologues on philosophy,
  science, medicine, and law are full of Latin
  quotations and odd reasonings and are always
  uttered in a strong bolognese accent. He wears
  black pants and a black shirt trimmed with a
  white collar and a black hat. He always carries
  a dagger or a handkerchief to the belt and a
  heavy and big book under his arm. He embodies the
  burlesque of the presumptuous graduate and
  pedant. Its no accident that he comes from
  Bologna, home to Europes oldest university as
  well as cultural capital in the 16th century.

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Brighella

• Brighella is a trickster and a chatterbox.
  Insolent with the submitted and unbearably
  obsequious with the owners. He is the cook, the
  waiter, the head servant Brighella from Bergamo.
  He is cunning and shrewd. His typical outfit is a
  "livery", showing that he is a servant belonging
  to his master, wide pants and a green-edged white
  jacket, a white coat with two green strips, a cap
  and a mask on his face. And its with this
  uniform that he puts pressure on the simple
  servants.

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Colombina

• Venetian maid, is the fiancée of Arlecchino, even
  if he does not seem willing to marry her. Its
  name seems to come from the interpretations of
  the ' actress Isabella Franchini, that dressed
  the clothes of the maid under arm themselves two
  doves. Dove puts on a headphone, a green vest
  tight in life, with a deep neckline and spacious
  sleeves to I puff, the skirt curled to lines and
  raised on the in front from a tape of I shave
  red, a white apron and tramps white to point with
  red tape. And' of secure the most well-known
  between the maids, young and sharp, from the easy
  and malicious word, capable to resolve with skill
  the situations more complicated.

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Meneghino

• Milan, we meet the witty Milanese (diminutive of
  Domeneghin) unmistakable with its three-cornered
  hat and the wig with pigtail to the Frenchman.
  Dressed with a long brown jacket, short pants and
  stockings to red lines and bleaches, still today
  it is protagonist of the milanese carnivals. it
  iembodies a servant king but of common sense
  that, longing of to maintain its freedom, does
  not flee when should line up itself to the flank
  of its people. Generous and quick, it is capable
  in the to mock the lacks of the aristocratic.
  "Domenighin" was the nickname of the servant,
  that the Sunday accompanied the milanese
  noblewomen to put or to walk. During the revolt
  of Five Days of Milan in 1848 it was chosen from
  the milanese as symbol of heroism.

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Pantalone

• It is from Venice. Pantaloon is a good-natured
  and full character of humanity, although its I
  continue to rumble. And' called the Magnificent
  one and is an old and rich merchant that has a
  big lack is extremely stingy and is usual to get
  ready lunches with an only fourth one of sequin.
  The name Pantaloon derives from "Cried Lion", how
  came defined those who, with the excuse of to
  gain new lands for Venice, dealt with to plant
  itself the flag of San I Mark on every piece of
  land that found. It puts on a cap, jacket and
  red tights, with slippers and black coat.

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Rugantino

• Its name derives without doubt from "rugare" that
  is to rumble, to rumble. The Roman Rugantino
  represents the "Roman young tough", arranged to
  take them until to stay stunned simply of to have
  the last word. "Better it loses a friend than
  good a answered" is a of its sentences preferred.
  To the beginnings of its career it is seen
  dressed it like a policeman, or head of the
  guards, always ready to arrest some innocent
  person to show the actual force, litigious and
  inconclusive. With time it will stop the
  military apparel and, dressed civil cloths, will
  blunt its character negative to take on a lazier
  character and good-natured that the interpreter
  will do of it of a Rome popular rich of feelings
  of solidarity and justice. It puts on pants,
  gilet and red jacket, wears shoes with large
  buckles and door a hat to two points.

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Pulcinella

• Pulcinella , from Naples,is ugly and clumsy, with
  a large hooked nose he is only interested in
  wine, scams and women. It is a popular
  character. talkative, smart and he is the
  personification of idleness. Pulcinella was
  always hungry and thirsty his
• f avourite food is macaroni with sauce.

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• CARNIVAL COOKING TRADITIONS

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• The food at Carnival is famous because it is
  energetic and for the enormous amount of fats
  it contains . In the past many parties used to be
  organised to give the idea of abunadance and
  wealth

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The reasons were substantially two

• The end of the winter was approached,
  ringraziavano of in order not being until that
  moment remained victims of the hunger or of the
  cold, to March the job in the fields would be
  begun and it could therefore, full loads of hopes
  for the summer and with the conscience to place,
  to put hand to the last winter supplyes.

• The Christian quaresimale fast lasted forty days
  and, also in cold climates, the methods of
  conservation of the alimentary commodities were
  not, good enough to conserve them.

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CHIACCHIERE

• This is perhaps the simplest food .It can have
  different names in Friuli they are called
  Grostoli, in Emilia Sfrappole, Veneto Galani, the
  Marches Frappe, Cenci in Tuscany, Chiacchiere in
  Campania. They are prepared with marsala, or
  wine,

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ZEPPOLE

• two varieties without filling and with filling
  of pasticciera cream.

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GALANI

• Another cake, typical of Carnival but of more
  ancient origins are (in veneziano) the GALANI,
  called also chiacchere, crostoli or lattughe.
  They date back to the times of the Roman, which,
  during the spring Festivity, were used to
  prepare, with the same paste with which the
  lasagne are made

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Galani..
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