Why Did Italy Wear Their Masks

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Wearing a venetian carnival mask is a tradition for Italy. They would also wear it for other things and parties as well. They wore it to high their identities and their status. So people dont know who they are or even what they look llike. This had been a tradition for 7 years. 13th centuries would throw parties and they would have to wear these masks. They wanted to wear this because they didnt want anyone to know how they looked and what their status was. This tradition was in italy and they wore them when people threw parties for a special day or just if they wanted to throw a party so they would wear them to hide their faces because they didnt want people seeing who they are and they wanted to hide their status from everyone in the party.

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