Carnival in Cento

Sunday, February 5th to March 5th, 2023. Combined with the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro

On February Sunday 5th, 12th. 19th. 26th and on March 5th, 2023 takes place the Carnival in Cento, the first Carnival in the world (1993) to be combined with the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.

The Carnival of Cento dates back to around 1615, when Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, known as “Guercino”, an Italian painter from Cento, depicted some big celebrations in his paintings.
As for Luigi Tasini’s mask, called “Tasi”, the carnival symbol in Cento, it dates back to the beginning of the 1900s, Its burning traditionally closes the event.

Every year, allegorical float parades fill Cento streets, and the same happens 9,000 km away at Sambodromo, in Rio de Janeiro: since 1994, an Italian representative participates in the well-known “Desfile das Campeãs”.
In exchange, every Sunday during Carnival, a Brazilian coloured group of dancers and drummers from Samba Beja Flor school exhibits in Cento enlivening the atmosphere with samba carioca.

In the program every Sunday from 2 pm to 6:30 pm mask contests, food and wine events, sports competitions, didactic activities, performances and much more.

The proclamation of the best allegorical float parade marks the end of the Carnival in Cento, along with firework shows and the Traditional Tasi’s Testament, the burning of the traditional mask of Cento.
On stage, national and international bands and musicians in Piazza Guercino and a giant Ferris Wheel where admiring the medieval village of Cento.

Check on the website or on the event’s facebook page for any possible change of dates or program

USEFUL INFORMATION
Entrance ticket>>>
Free for kids less than 1,20 mt
Special tickets for groups

(photo from the official website)
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