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Behind the Masks

Italy
Posted by: John Ross on February 21, 2004 7:23:15 PM
Independent Travel Feb 21 2004

John Walsh goes in search of authenticity at the Venice Carnival and finds it as fake as a four-euro bit. Click here for story.
According to Walsh, Venice, having forgotten about Carnival for 120 years, reinvented it as a tourist attraction in 1979 with such spectacular success that no self-respecting Venetian would now be seen dead there. That doesn't mean you wouldn't have a great time, of course, but should make you feel a bit better if you forgot to book sufficiently in advance.
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