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17.02.2020 06:14 |

ANNUAL SPECTACLE Carnival in Venice opens with "Flight of the Angel"

The Venice Carnival was opened with the traditional “Flight of the Angel”. On Sunday, thousands of people watched a young woman disguised as an angel swinging into the air on a rope from the 99-meter bell tower of St. Mark's Basilica. The carnival angel let confetti sail onto the crowd.

"It's pure energy," said Linda Pani, who played the angel this year, on her flight high above St. Mark's Square. "It was extraordinary, I felt the wind, the sea, the earth and the fire inside me." Pani said that the moments in the air were "maybe the happiest three minutes of my life".

"Angel" Linda Pani: "It was perhaps the happiest three minutes of my life."

(Image: APA / AFP / Alberto PIZZOLI)

Centuries-old tradition
The Venice Carnival is a centuries-old tradition. It was first celebrated in 1162 after a military victory. The spectacle with opulent costumes and imaginative masks attracts numerous visitors from home and abroad every year. This year the Venice Carnival lasts until February 25th.