CARNIVAL

Carnival is a festival that is celebrated in countries of Catholic tradition. The celebration often takes place in public parades dominated by playful elements and imaginative; in particular, the distinctive and characteristic of the carnival is the use of masking.The word Carnival comes from the Latin carnem upbeat, perhaps influenced by Latin's worth, as it indicated the banquet that was held on the last day of Carnival, just before the period of abstinence and of Lent .The main festivities take place on Carnival Thursday and Shrove Tuesday, that are the last Thursday and the last Tuesday before Lent. In particular, the Mardi Gras is the closing day of the carnival festivities, as Lent begins with Ash Wednesday