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Masks, costumes and historic locations: The highlights of Venice Carnival 2018. See pics

Agence France-Presse | By
Feb 05, 2018 04:38 PM IST

The Venice carnival is ongoing till February 13 and features 20,000 revellers, and people decked in masks and period costumes.

Twenty thousand revellers, wearing masks and colourful period costumes, packed into St Mark’s Square on Sunday for the “flight of the angel” marking the traditional opening of the Carnival of Venice. Tourists and Venetians alike, the spectators looked on as 19-year-old student Elisa Constantini leapt from the famous St Mark’s Campanile bell tower, attached to a wire 80 metres (265 feet) above the ground.

A masked reveller poses during the Venice Carnival.(REUTERS)
A masked reveller poses during the Venice Carnival.(REUTERS)

The “angel” threw confetti at the crowd below, in a highlight of one of the world’s most celebrated carnivals. “It’s like we’re going back in time,” enthused Susie, from Verona in northern Italy, who had come to watch the spectacle. But modern-day concerns were evident in the high security put on for the event.

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“It’s normal, these measures,” said Chinese tourist Xu Hong. “You have to have them. That doesn’t take away from the beauty, the magic of this event”. The carnival, which will end on February 13, is thought to have started in 1162 after a military victory. Abandoned for decades, it was revived in 1980.

Check out these images of the Venice Carnival:

Masked people wearing traditional carnival costumes pose in Saint Mark Square in Venice. (AFP)
Masked people wearing traditional carnival costumes pose in Saint Mark Square in Venice. (AFP)
Masked revellers pose during the Venice Carnival. (REUTERS)
Masked revellers pose during the Venice Carnival. (REUTERS)
A masked reveller poses during the Venice Carnival in Venice. (REUTERS)
A masked reveller poses during the Venice Carnival in Venice. (REUTERS)
A masked reveller poses during the Venice Carnival. (REUTERS)
A masked reveller poses during the Venice Carnival. (REUTERS)
A masked reveller poses during the Venice Carnival. (REUTERS)
A masked reveller poses during the Venice Carnival. (REUTERS)
Masked revellers pose during the Venice Carnival. (REUTERS)
Masked revellers pose during the Venice Carnival. (REUTERS)
A woman dressed as an "angel" descends on Saint Mark's Square. (REUTERS)
A woman dressed as an "angel" descends on Saint Mark's Square. (REUTERS)
A masked reveller wearing a traditional carnival costume. (AFP)
A masked reveller wearing a traditional carnival costume. (AFP)

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