Carnival History and Mardi Grass...

Carnival: A mitycal Legend

It is the main event of the Sappada winter. Tradition and folklore, a wish for fun and plays, leading to a special event and attracting children, tourists and local residents all the same.The Carnival in Sappada is anticipadted by the preparation involved that puts to work the local associations.

It is different from other events of the kind because it lasts longer and it is certainly the biggest ever with many people wearing wonderful fancy dress costumes.

There isn’t anything less here than in the most famous Carnival parades of Italy or Europe as far as history and tradition are concerned.

Furthermore it is a Carnival with no class divisions and yet it depicts the social life of the past divided into three Sundays: the Sunday of the poor (Pettlar Suntag), that of the framers (Paurn Suntag) and that of the rich (Hearn Suntag).

After that the Shrove Monday comes whilch is dedicated to the "Rollat". On the Mardi Gras day and again on the Thursday before Lent it is time for the Carnival floats.

A show to be seen and tht everyone can enjoy and appreciate also for its cultural aspects, a propitious anticipation for the new season to come

 

The rollate leads the carnival parade

That is the role of the masker simbol of the Sappada Carnival. His mask is made of wood, a scarf around the neck, a sheepskin over the shoulders for this protagonist of the parade. in fact the long parade through the crowd along the village is started by this important figure. The rollen, which are bronze wheels worn around his hips as a belt, announce that he is approaching. The name Rollat comes precisely from these wheels. A serious masque to be afraid of and hence attracting attention and regards.

Mardi Gras History

Awash in a whirl of colors, costumes, and revelry, Mardi Gras is perhaps the world's most awesome and audacious festival.

Occurring each year before the forty day period of Lent, "Fat Tuesday" is a final opportunity to explore sensual, worldly delights before a season of religious restraint and penitance.

Actually, the tradition of a pre-Lenten carnival originated in second century Rome; indeed, the very word "carnival" is derived from the Latin words for "flesh" (flesh) and "farewell" (vale). In Roman tradition, the revelers delivered themselves up to voluntary madnesses; they would don masks, adorn themselves in the manner of spectres and spirits, and give themselves to Bacchus and Venus--gods of wine and love--who were symbols of all things diurnal and sensual.

From Rome, this "farewell to the flesh" carnival spread throughout Europe before reaching the Americas; indeed, the first occurrence of the Mardi Gras festival as we know it occurred in the New Orleans of 1827. Recently returned from university in France, a group of students were inspired by Parisian celebrations to don outlandish costumes and dance through the streets of New Orleans.

In the years that followed, the festival garnered more and more popularity and acceptance among the people of New Orleans, becoming increasingly ornate and elaborate. In 1833, a local plantation owner named Bernard Xavier de Marigny de Mandeville began the monumental task of creating an organized Mardi Gras celebration. However, it was not until 1837 that the first Mardi Gras parade graced the streets of New Orleas. It began with but one single float, but today the Mardi Gras parade winds throughout the New Orleans streets for miles.

 

 

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