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 ... It can be tricky to nail down the exact dates of any festival in Italy, as they often aren't officially ...

Also this year in Piazza San Marco in Venice there will be a bit of Sardinia. The protagonists will be the two masks of Neoneli, a small town in Barigadu. On Monday, March 3, there will be “Sos ...

Venice’s Carnival brings thousands of people to the lagoon city to watch the water procession, one of the event’s highlights, and check out people in elaborate costumes and masks who wander ...

Masks for sale in Venice during Carnival season - a tradition with ancient, and much wilder, roots. Photo by PATRICK HERTZOG / AFP Carnival celebrations around Italy are set to peak over the next ...