The Carnival is traditionally the period before Lent and is celebrated with costume parties , parades of floats and dances. The main events take place ending with Shrove Tuesday, which precedes the Feast of Ashes, beginning, for Christians, a sacred period of forty days in preparation for the feast of Easter, called Lent (from the Latin quarantine ) .

Throughout Italy will organize parties and costume parades. In many towns there are processions of floats.

The cities most famous for Carnival

in Italy are:

Venice Carnival

Carnival of Viareggio

Carnival of Cento

At the Carnival today are related some typical masks, caricatures of faults and defects of the inhabitants of the various regions.

The most famous masks

are also the protagonists of

funny comedy and the main

characters are:

Arlecchino

Pulcinella

Colombina

Balanzone

Pantalone

Meneghino

Stenterello

Brighella

Gianduia

Tartaglia

The Carnival in our school

The children worked on the theme of Carnival learning poems, staging of theatrical schatch, mimicking some rhymes. Some classes have in-depth knowledge of the typical masks and their geographical origin.

Thursday, February 27th all classes participated in the carnival party organized tournament games.

The children and teachers were dressed in costume and played in teams