Carnevale is a winter Italian festival held every year in the month of February. Carnevale means goodbye to meat. At Carnevale people eat delicious food such as crostoli, zeppole and frittelle. The week before Ash Wednesday is known as Carnevale. During Carnevale people dress in fancy costumes and wear le maschere (masks). In many cities there are street parades with huge and colourful floats. A grand fireworks display ends the Carnevale celebrations and the last day of Carnevale is called Martedi Grasso (Shrove Tuesday). The students have engaged in various activities which have included reading and writing activities, singing songs in Italian, making masks, writing acrostic poems about Carnevale and Arlecchino craft activities.
