Fanarts: Carnevale 2013
Title: "Carnevale 2013"
Author: J.J.
Warning: None
Notes: Assorted OC for Italian regional characters along with Romano and Veneziano.
Disclaimer:
"Axis Powers Hetalia" belong to Himaruya Hidekaz. I'm merely using his characters because I love them...
Summary: Italian traditional costumes for Carnival.
Okay, what follows are many pictures involving Carnival costumes. In case you don't know before the anime/cartoon invasion people in Italy would dress up for carnival with the costumes of the characters of the Commedia dell'Arte or with traditional costumes proper of their own region/city.
In short we've a huge amount of traditional costumes... that sadly are slowly being replaced by more popular, more modern costumes.
I've already drawn some of them that you can find here and here you can find 9 more, 2 of which are the ones Veneziano and Romano were drawing in the pic you've already seen. The models for others are the OC I draw for the Italian regions that I didn't use the past time, each of them wearing a costume popular in his own region.
In case you're not familiar with my OC I'll warn you some of them are females, however all of them are wearing male costumes...
By the way many of this costumes involve also the use of a mask, which might cover the face entirely (which is probably why this sort of costumes are simply called 'maschere', masks, in Italian). For obvious reason I didn't draw the masks on the characters' faces.
Arlecchino
(Lombardia - Bergamo)
Scaramuzza/Scaramuccia
(Campania - Napoli)
Fasulèn/Fagiolino Fanfani
(Emilia Romagna - Bologna)
Mosciolino
(Marche - Ancona)
Frappiglia/Pulcinella Abruzzese
(Abruzzo - Chieti)
Diavolo
(Molise - Tufara)
Blumaro
(Friuli Venezia Giulia - Montefosca)
Sior Anzoleto Postier
(Friuli Venezia Giulia - Monfalcone)
Schnappviecher/Wudelen
(Trentino Alto Adige - Termeno)
Arlecchino (Lombardia - Bergamo): He's a character of the Commedia dell'Arte and represents an extremely agile servant, rather good in the use of the 'batocio' (the wand he has) and with an extremely colourful costume that some claim was drawn by Michelangelo himself. Originally he was supposed to be dumb but slowly he grew to become smart although he remained pretty impulsive. He's probably one of the most famous Italian 'maschere'.
Scaramuzza/Scaramuccia (Campania - Napoli): Based on the stereotype of the coward Spanish captain, Scaramuzza evolved into a captain who likes to predend he's noble and rich, has a weak side for women, to whom he likes to sound serenades and can be smart.
Fasulèn/Fagiolino Fanfani (Emilia Romagna - Bologna): It seems he had birth in Bologna but it's the most popular Maschera of Romagna. He was one of the most loved characters of the puppet theatre and represents the mischievous child, the brat, although he's an adult. He's generous with the poors and the weat but a total pest with who's evil, beating them with his knotty stick. His best friend is 'Sandrone'.
Mosciolino (Marche - Ancona): He's the new maschera, draw by Andrea Goroni in 1999 that replaced the old Papagnoco and Burlandoto in the Ancona Carnival, the Carnevalò. His name is based on Ancona's typical wild mussel, which is called Misciolo. He has the look of a light-hearted boy, characterized by protruding ears, like those of an elf, a mischievous look and a nose a bit squashed and upward.
Frappiglia/Pulcinella Abruzzese (Abruzzo - Chieti): It seems it originated from an ancestral semi-divine figure that represented the plant renewal and that it inspired the Commedia dell'Arte that later gave birth to the much more widely known Pulcinella from Naple.
Diavolo (Molise - Tufara): The name means 'Devil' but more than the chatholic devil it represents Dionysus, the god of vegetation, who loved to manifest himself as a goat when he were to show up on Earth and that later, when the Christian religion became popular, was associated with the devil. The last day of the carnival he, or better they as there's more than one, are dragged in chains held by elves around the city. He jumps, rolls, falls to the ground and tries to persuade who meet on the street to become one of his followers. In front of him walk people dressed up as the Morte (Death) with a scythe and the face covered by white fluor. The whole procession represents how the seed dies to give life to the plant that later will be harvested.
Blumaro (Friuli Venezia Giulia - Montefosca): Young, unmarried males in varying number will walk in the afternoon until sunset for a set route, always the same and not really easy to run through especially when the ground is frozen and on it are purposelly placed obstacles, that encloses the two nearby villages of Paceida and Montefosca as many times as the number of the Blumari. When they take a break they've to keep jumping and make the bells the carry on their back jingle.
Sior Anzoleto Postier (Friuli Venezia Giulia - Monfalcone): The name means 'Mr. Angelo, the postman' and he's apparently based on a real person, the postman Angelo Paolini. He's the main character of the 'Cantada', a manifestation of people getting together at noon in Piazza Grande [Big Square], now called Piazza della Repubblica [Republic Square] to sing and have fun on the last day of carnival and to listen to a half-serious speech in which the Sior Anzoleto Postier puts to shame deeds and misdeeds of the powerful men of the town.
Schnappviecher/Wudelen (Trentino Alto Adige - Termeno): They're part of the Egetmann parade whose central figure is a puppet of straw, the so-called "Egetmannhansl" which opens the show along with his "wife" (since only men can participate in the parade, the bride is actually a man dressed as a woman). The Schnappviecher are tall, hungry monsters that walk around opening and closing their wooden mouths making lot of noise. Their costumes are handmade and so they're all original.
Author: J.J.
Warning: None
Notes: Assorted OC for Italian regional characters along with Romano and Veneziano.
Disclaimer:
"Axis Powers Hetalia" belong to Himaruya Hidekaz. I'm merely using his characters because I love them...
Summary: Italian traditional costumes for Carnival.
Okay, what follows are many pictures involving Carnival costumes. In case you don't know before the anime/cartoon invasion people in Italy would dress up for carnival with the costumes of the characters of the Commedia dell'Arte or with traditional costumes proper of their own region/city.
In short we've a huge amount of traditional costumes... that sadly are slowly being replaced by more popular, more modern costumes.
I've already drawn some of them that you can find here and here you can find 9 more, 2 of which are the ones Veneziano and Romano were drawing in the pic you've already seen. The models for others are the OC I draw for the Italian regions that I didn't use the past time, each of them wearing a costume popular in his own region.
In case you're not familiar with my OC I'll warn you some of them are females, however all of them are wearing male costumes...
By the way many of this costumes involve also the use of a mask, which might cover the face entirely (which is probably why this sort of costumes are simply called 'maschere', masks, in Italian). For obvious reason I didn't draw the masks on the characters' faces.
Arlecchino
(Lombardia - Bergamo)
Scaramuzza/Scaramuccia
(Campania - Napoli)
Fasulèn/Fagiolino Fanfani
(Emilia Romagna - Bologna)
Mosciolino
(Marche - Ancona)
Frappiglia/Pulcinella Abruzzese
(Abruzzo - Chieti)
Diavolo
(Molise - Tufara)
Blumaro
(Friuli Venezia Giulia - Montefosca)
Sior Anzoleto Postier
(Friuli Venezia Giulia - Monfalcone)
Schnappviecher/Wudelen
(Trentino Alto Adige - Termeno)
Arlecchino (Lombardia - Bergamo): He's a character of the Commedia dell'Arte and represents an extremely agile servant, rather good in the use of the 'batocio' (the wand he has) and with an extremely colourful costume that some claim was drawn by Michelangelo himself. Originally he was supposed to be dumb but slowly he grew to become smart although he remained pretty impulsive. He's probably one of the most famous Italian 'maschere'.
Scaramuzza/Scaramuccia (Campania - Napoli): Based on the stereotype of the coward Spanish captain, Scaramuzza evolved into a captain who likes to predend he's noble and rich, has a weak side for women, to whom he likes to sound serenades and can be smart.
Fasulèn/Fagiolino Fanfani (Emilia Romagna - Bologna): It seems he had birth in Bologna but it's the most popular Maschera of Romagna. He was one of the most loved characters of the puppet theatre and represents the mischievous child, the brat, although he's an adult. He's generous with the poors and the weat but a total pest with who's evil, beating them with his knotty stick. His best friend is 'Sandrone'.
Mosciolino (Marche - Ancona): He's the new maschera, draw by Andrea Goroni in 1999 that replaced the old Papagnoco and Burlandoto in the Ancona Carnival, the Carnevalò. His name is based on Ancona's typical wild mussel, which is called Misciolo. He has the look of a light-hearted boy, characterized by protruding ears, like those of an elf, a mischievous look and a nose a bit squashed and upward.
Frappiglia/Pulcinella Abruzzese (Abruzzo - Chieti): It seems it originated from an ancestral semi-divine figure that represented the plant renewal and that it inspired the Commedia dell'Arte that later gave birth to the much more widely known Pulcinella from Naple.
Diavolo (Molise - Tufara): The name means 'Devil' but more than the chatholic devil it represents Dionysus, the god of vegetation, who loved to manifest himself as a goat when he were to show up on Earth and that later, when the Christian religion became popular, was associated with the devil. The last day of the carnival he, or better they as there's more than one, are dragged in chains held by elves around the city. He jumps, rolls, falls to the ground and tries to persuade who meet on the street to become one of his followers. In front of him walk people dressed up as the Morte (Death) with a scythe and the face covered by white fluor. The whole procession represents how the seed dies to give life to the plant that later will be harvested.
Blumaro (Friuli Venezia Giulia - Montefosca): Young, unmarried males in varying number will walk in the afternoon until sunset for a set route, always the same and not really easy to run through especially when the ground is frozen and on it are purposelly placed obstacles, that encloses the two nearby villages of Paceida and Montefosca as many times as the number of the Blumari. When they take a break they've to keep jumping and make the bells the carry on their back jingle.
Sior Anzoleto Postier (Friuli Venezia Giulia - Monfalcone): The name means 'Mr. Angelo, the postman' and he's apparently based on a real person, the postman Angelo Paolini. He's the main character of the 'Cantada', a manifestation of people getting together at noon in Piazza Grande [Big Square], now called Piazza della Repubblica [Republic Square] to sing and have fun on the last day of carnival and to listen to a half-serious speech in which the Sior Anzoleto Postier puts to shame deeds and misdeeds of the powerful men of the town.
Schnappviecher/Wudelen (Trentino Alto Adige - Termeno): They're part of the Egetmann parade whose central figure is a puppet of straw, the so-called "Egetmannhansl" which opens the show along with his "wife" (since only men can participate in the parade, the bride is actually a man dressed as a woman). The Schnappviecher are tall, hungry monsters that walk around opening and closing their wooden mouths making lot of noise. Their costumes are handmade and so they're all original.