VS Theme: Venetian Culture
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Episode 25 — The Venetian Carnival
Pigs and bulls lose in the alleyways, wooden castles smashed with maces, human towers and funambulists. The Venetian carnival was quite unlike the modern replica.
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Beheading bulls
During carnival, on Fat Thursday, the Venetians executed a bull in front of the Doge’s Palace. It was beheaded by sword.
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Road rage
Traffic has always been bad in Grand Canal in front of the Santa Lucia railroad station, and as an old engraving shows, that is nothing new.
