Published February 26 2011 on the site of Roma Capitale
Back " The Roman Carnival" to animate the streets and squares of the capital, from now to March 8 with costume parades, concerts, exhibitions, theater, art and equestrian ring fireworks. After the great success of the previous two editions (200 000 admissions from the first edition has now been reduced to 450 000 in the second), this year The event offers a program for art and culture richer and more engaging.
to open the dances, today is the big parade that kicks off at 17.30 from Piazza del Popolo, where it had begun the race of Berbers. Protagonists of the costumed actors, artists and horse carriages, but the cowboys Lazio, representatives of organizations and equestrian associations, historical groups, theater companies and the military forces that have made the great history of the Italian cavalry: the Corazzieri, the fanfare Horse Lancers of the Eighth Regiment of Montebello, the Police, the Police and the State Forestry Corps.
for 11 days via del Corso, Piazza del Popolo, Piazza di Spagna and Piazza Navona is transformed into an open-air theater. The heart of the event is staged in the village piazza del Popolo, where, in collaboration with the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, which provides all the costumes, set designs are set up inspired by the sixteenth-century stands.
Inside the village is set up a refreshment area and with food and wine in Lazio and Tuscany, in tribute to the "twin" Viareggio. Even children, the real protagonists of these days, here ahanno their "food points".
Every afternoon (except 4, 5, and March 6) between 15 and 19 are held in Piazza del Popolo, Piazza Navona, Piazza di Spagna and Via del Corso and entertainment activities, street theater, entertainment, equestrian shows, comedy, art and costume parades.
horses, an ancient tradition and the great attraction of the Roman Carnival, alive for the duration of the event Piazza del Popolo, with a series of initiatives carried out in close collaboration with the Office of Protection and Animal Welfare of Roma Capitale.
During the event, in partnership with Acea, a video projection creates a play of shapes and colors in front of Porta del Popolo (Piazza del Popolo side). The all be seen from Via del Corso, from dusk until the end of the evening events.
The Institution Libraries and the Cultural Center of Rome Capital participates in the Roman Carnival with entertainment activities for children and live readings, inspired by traditional carnival Capitoline.
until 8 March on Rome's Palazzo Braschi Museum hosts the exhibition of photographs by Barbara Roppo and Broken Lens "Roman Carnival: the rebirth of a tradition," which highlights the similarities between the places, events and characters "Roman Carnival of the past (XV-XIX sec.) and the places, events and actors of the Carnival today, with the horse in the foreground as indiscusso protagonista di ieri e di oggi.
La festa del Carnevale si conclude la sera dell'8 marzo con lo spettacolo "Lilly e la farfalla". A seguire, dalla terrazza del Pincio, un grande spettacolo di fuochi d'artificio, a cura del Gruppo IX Invicta, ispirato alle scenografie pirotecniche dell'architetto Giovanni Paolo Panini che costruiva per nobili e re mirabolanti macchine pirotecniche, da cui poi partivano spettacolari fuochi d'artificio.
Per dettagli sul programma della manifestazione: 060608, www.carnevale.roma.it
