Business Insider UK visited three different workshops to see how the masks are made for the world famous Carnival of Venice. The traditional masks are made in papier maché and are decorated with ...

Back in the late 1700s, when the first unofficial Mardi Gras parades were held in New Orleans, revelers wore masks because it ...

The canal-lined streets of Venice come alive in February during this decadent festival, featuring extravagant costumes, ...

Schoolchildren have been making 25 masks to form part of a trail for carnival-goers to follow. Pupils from schools and nurseries designed and decorated the masks now on display in and around ...

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDAAt Fort James on the island of Antigua, the pink masks worn by troupes of clowns during Carnival may represent European colonizers. (During the 18th century, the British Royal ...

And they wore masks to disguise themselves ... reaches a peak even now on "Fat Thursday" at the end of the February carnival. "It was a moment when young unmarried people had a chance to meet ...

Rio de Janeiro’s street carnival parades may be off but other ... Saturday’s parades featured an unprecedented item: face masks. Other than that, drums and cymbals sounded again as fervent ...