From Viareggio to Köln, Prof. Monika Salzbrunn explores how local and global struggles are staged during carnivals. She addresses how satire and political claims can be at the heart of festive [...]
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As every 1st of May for the past 20 years, the Santa Capelina is celebrated in Nice on the Rauba Capeu. Fish soup, hand-made hats and the Santa are its main ingredients. The Batucada play all [...]
The study of carnivals paves the way to an understanding of the social and political context wherein this festive event takes place. In Nice, a glance at the floats of the 2019 carnival leads the [...]
The 2019 Viareggio’s carnival is characterized by fewer floats directly representing political issues. Bullying, solidarity, women rights, critiques to individualism and social media, (plastic) [...]
