What Is Carnevale?
2 min readFeb 16, 2021
Italy’s best party, known to others as Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday, is all about the food for Italian families.
Carnevale is the way Italians refer to the day before Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent. In normal times, the people in Venice take to the streets. They wear elegant and detailed masks, feast on decadent food, and toast the good life.