Why Do Carnival Masks Go Way Back?

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Well where do I begin Carnival Masks go way back and it started in the mid 1979 where they used to wear masks to celebrate a tradition of making carnival masks which started in the mid 1268 then which became a day to do a carnival and celebrate so that is why the people of venice italy just like we celebrate the day of the people the fought and died for our country but im getting way ahead of myself we are talking about carnival masks so carnival masks can have anything you want to put on it color streamers or maybe props like prop foods and that is why the people of venice italy wear masks because it’s to celebrate the day they started making masks. Some masks can be big and cover the whole entire face and some don’t and some masks you have

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