The Venetian Masked carnival

Venice and the city of new Orleans have a lot on common, the similarities between the two are uncanny for one thing, both have a love for parties, and look no more than carnival season something in which all catholic cities have in common to party and sin before lent, while New Orleans approach to carnival may be more American and venice being the more elegant and traditional European, they both none the less love and fondle the ideal of pleasure, The whole idea of carnival is quite brilliant, and quite intriguing, in the 19th and 18th centuries both Venice and New Orleans shared the same way of practicing carnival.during carnival one could put on a mask and pretend for a night to be someone they weren't, peasants masqueraded around as aristocrats and the privileged were slinking around as a pauper, no order and complete debauchery, venice challenges Paris as the pleasure capital of Europe and gives good contest