Bacanal del Gnoco, the veronese carnival #2

Another scene of the Bacanal del Gnoco of last friday.

Bacanal del Gnoco, the veronese carnival

Carnival in Verona dates back to 1531 and is one of the oldest in Italy.... read more!

Arena on air

This morning  Piazza Bra was "on air" on Rai2, the second channel of the italian public TV.

The topic was about the veronese carnival: 479 years of history. The morning show "outdoor" presenter (in the orange jacket) invited some representative masks and the president of the carnival committee. In this photo she was interviewing the two helpers of the "Papà del gnoco", (father of the dumpling, standing behind with the big white beard) the main carachter of the carnival. The other masks were: the Duca della Pignatta, the King of Gold, the King and Queen.

I am always surprised to see how many people work for the production of even the smallest scene of a commercial or an airing like this...

Galani

"Galani" are one of the many typical carnival cakes. They are made with a special dough and fried. They have many names and it's funny to notice that the sign above them indicates some of them: ciacole, grostoli, lattughe. I should suggest the shop keeper to add "fiocchi", because that's how we call them back in my hometown in Tuscany...

Carnival!