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title: CARNIVAL OF COMBE-FROIDE

subject date: 2003-11-27

caption: CARNIVAL ''Landzette''. In the Combe-Froide, the valley of the Great St. Bernard that connects the city of Aosta with Switzerland, during the days of Carnival various masquerades take place. The Landzette are the true protagonists of the Carnival: with colorful masks and clothes, inspired by military uniforms but covered in mirrors and multicolored ribbons, they express both elegance and aggression. Their action is in fact characterized by provocative attacks on those who are outside the ritual, today scaled down to the limits of good taste, but once marked by behavior bordering on violence. Around their waist they wear a heavy belt with bells and a cowbell often used for erotic allusions while in their hand they hold a ponytail to tease the spectators. Photograph by Elena Piccini, Italy 2000.

category: HIS

copyright: © Fototeca Gilardi

copyright status: Copyrighted Work

country: Italia

credit: Fototeca Gilardi

instructions: Per utilizzi: Fototeca Gilardi - t. 02 3931 2652

Creation date: 0000-00-00 00:00:00

object name: 52400

priority: 0

multiplying price: 1.00

pricing: default

continent: Europa

image century : XXI

image epoch: Duemila

licence: RM

subject century: XXI

subject epoch: Duemila

technique: Fotografia

id: 27206

file name: FSNgilardi_52400.jpg

keywords

CarnevaleWintercustomspopular traditionsmasksValle d \'AostamaskLandzetteritualContemporary