Italian Carnival Masks

In this episode called Italian Carnival Masks (Le Maschere di Carnevale Italiane), I am going to talk about typical Italian masks. 
Their origin dates back to the XVI century, but they are still popular, and they still have a certain charm, especially on the little ones.

Listen to this audio to discover these masks and their peculiarity!


Script here!
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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Italian Carnival masks. Hi, this is Ilaria from ilaza dot
com and welcome to the episode number seventy two of
my podcast Italian Language in English. Into this episode, I
am going to talk about some typical carnival masks. Are

(00:23):
you ready to know more? Let's get started. Carnival a
magical time during which everyone young and old can play

(00:44):
someone else. They can be fairies, superheroes, princesses, ghosts, which
is wizards and much more. But alongside all this, let's
say the international costumes. In Italy. We have many masks

(01:05):
or better characters that are part of our historian culture
in every way, which spread in Italy in the sixteenth century.
The characteristics of the comedy of art were the improvisation
and the constant presence of characters with peculiarities that want

(01:29):
the viewer over the way of speaking, the character, the origin,
the bizarre clothes, the Italian masks. Here are some of
the classic Italian costumes. The best known ones and those

(01:50):
that attracted my attention more than the others as a
child are Leachino. The Italian, especially as a child that
did not dress himself up as a Lechuino. He is
the carnival mask par excellence. He wears colored trousers and

(02:15):
a shirt with diamond shapes, and in the comedy of art,
he represents the lively and clever servant, always ready to
make troubles. Pulcinella, alongside Alechino, is one of the best

(02:36):
known masks. Pulcinella is the emblem of Neapolitanity, as it
embodies the typical characteristics of the Neapolitan people excuberance, irony,
and being practical and disenchanted. He is dressed in white

(02:59):
from head to tool, except for a black mask that
covers his face. Columbina, it is one of the few
female characters in the comedy of art and it is
the most famous of the Nishan origin. She represents the

(03:21):
clever and graceful maid, always involved with the amorousine trigues
of her mistress Rosaura. Columbina wears a white skirt with
pockets in which she hides the rosaras love letters. Doctor
Balansune is a doctor of law and not in medicine.

(03:46):
As a thought as a child, he is talkative, smart
and conceited. His speeches are often endless and rambunctionous, but
despite this, everyone turns to this character for advice. He
is dressed in black and wears the typical gown of

(04:08):
the professors of the University of Bologna, his city of origin.
These characters are just some of the masks of the
comedi of art, the most representative ones and which, as
I mentioned earlier, have always struck me more than the others.

(04:30):
It is clear, however, that this list could easily lengthen conclusion.
Masks are an integral part of Italian culture. Centuries of
comedy of art made them famous not only in Italy
but also abroad. Although some are more known than others,

(04:55):
especially in some cities, they still continue to have a
charming appeal to the population, especially on the little ones.
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