The Carnival in Schignano

The Carnival's show unfolds following an ancient thetrical mode. The carnival is based on the contrast on two different masks. beauty and ugliness.

 

Its stage is the main square and the small paths of the village. The wood masks are one of the trademark of this event.

 

Some of them are very ancient.

 

There are two different sort of mask "Il bello" and " Il Brutto". "il bello" mask has a wellsmoothed surface and it is very carefully carved, the "Brutto" mask is out of the proportion and the effect is a generally deformity of the face.

 

Il Bello	Il Brutto	la Ciocia
Sapeur e La sigurtà	Il carlisep	The wood mask

 

Other masks are:

"La ciocia": she is the wife of the "Bello"that has spent all her life working for the husband.

The sapeur and the sigurtà: this strange masks are opening the procession, the "sapeur" have a blackened face and is dressed in sheepskins; the Segurtà rapresents the person that assures the safety during the procession. Five or six musicians follow the procession playing marches and songs.