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here they are! the 12 “Marys” of the Venice Carnival 2022
Revived by the visionary director Bruno Tosi in 1999 and over time became one of the key events of the Venice Carnival
the “Festa delle Marie” recalls a historical event that really happened
It was the year 973 when in the church of San Pietro di Castello, during the annual celebrations dedicated to the purification of the Virgin Mary, twelve Venetian girls were kidnapped by a group of Dalmatian pirates
After a chase organized by Doge Pietro Candiano III, the girls were freed and brought back to Venice
Since then, the Festa delle Marie was celebrated every year in the lagoon city with methods and rites that changed over the centuries
In the modern revival, the recurrence is usually opened by a procession made up of 12 girls and over 300 extras who, recalling the kidnapping of the young women, parade from San Pietro di Castello to Piazza San Marco
The Covid pandemic and health restrictions will not allow the usual procession to take place this year
and not even the flight of the Angel that traditionally sees the winning Mary of the previous edition’s competition descend from the bell tower towards the square
but the 12 Marys will, in any case, be the protagonists, in the city and on the mainland, of events, visits and parties in the palaces
The 12 Marys of Carnival 2022 are:
Alessia Alberti, 23, of the Lido of Venice
Alice Bars, 21, from Eraclea
Aurora De Gaspari, 19, from Venice
Beatrice Bassan, 19, from Mira
Beatrice Cocchia, 27, of the Lido of Venice
Giorgia Benatelli, 19, from Venice
Giulia Rossetti, 27, from Spinea
Laura Gastaldi, 22, from Venice
Nicole Padoan, 19, of the Lido of Venice
Sara De Lazzari, 18 years old from Marghera
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