AtD p. 859-860, Carnevale, the fateful masked ball

[Mark Kohut]

859. Yashmeen gets hair cut and bleached and turned a new color.......the deception necessary to survive (and try to rescue Vlado)......by a hair stylist with another uncotrollable penis around Yashmmeen's hair, at least.
   
  860...Carnvevale..preparing for masked ball...
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Example of masks used during the carnival


         
Venice Shop Window (Spring 2002).


  The carnival of Venice (or Carnevale di Venezia in Italian)
  Masks have always been a central feature of the Venetian carnival; traditionally people were allowed to wear them between the festival of Santo Stefano (St. Stephen's Day, December 26) at the start of the carnival season and midnight of Shrove Tuesday.
  As masks were also allowed during Ascension and from October 5 to Christmas, people could spend a large proportion of the year in disguise [1]. Maskmakers (mascherari) enjoyed a special position in society, with their own laws and their own guild.
  In 1797 Venice became part of the Austrian-held Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia when Napoleon signed the Treaty of Campo Formio. The Austrians took control of the city on January 18, 1798 and it fell into a decline which also effectively brought carnival celebrations to a halt for almost two centuries.
   
  Austrians again.
  
Mask=still standing in for the deceptions necessary to survive in modernity?  






       
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