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Carnival of Venice vs Mardi Gras in New Orleans

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Carnival of Venice vs Mardi Gras in New Orleans

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  1. Carnival of Venice vs Mardi Gras in New Orleans

  2. Carnival in Venice • The Venice Carnival is the most internationally known festival celebrated in Venice, Italy, as well as being one of the oldest. This congregation of masked people, called Venice Carnival, began in the 15th century, but the tradition can be traced back to the beginning of the 14th Century.

  3. Carnival in Venice • The streets of Venice Carnival were full of people in masks, and no differentiation could be made between nobility and the common people. Generally, the costume worn was a cloak with a long-nosed mask.

  4. Carnival in Venice http://youtu.be/VSLZIXa6hEU

  5. Mardi Gras in New Orleans New Orleans was established in 1718 by Bienville. By the 1730s, Mardi Gras was celebrated openly in New Orleans, but not with the parades we know today. In the early 1740s, Louisiana's governor, the Marquis de Vaudreuil, established elegant society balls--the model for the New Orleans Mardi Gras balls of today.

  6. Mardi Gras in New Orleans • By the late 1830s, New Orleans held street processions of maskers with carriages and horseback riders to celebrate Mardi Gras. Dazzling gaslight torches, or "flambeaux," lit the way for the krewe's members, and lent each event an exciting air of romance and festivity.

  7. Mardi Gras in New Orleans • http://youtu.be/nTYcgnqAzqE

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