{"id":14243,"date":"2026-02-19T15:17:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T14:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/?p=14243"},"modified":"2026-02-19T15:21:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T14:21:17","slug":"celebrating-carnevale-syracuse-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/2026\/02\/19\/celebrating-carnevale-syracuse-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Carnevale, Syracuse Style"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Grace Stecher, Syracuse University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"518\" height=\"832\" data-id=\"14244\" src=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/Picture2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/Picture2.png 518w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/Picture2-187x300.png 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"832\" data-id=\"14245\" src=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/Picture1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/Picture1.png 624w, https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/Picture1-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On February 17, Syracuse Florence celebrated the end of Carnevale with delicious delicacies and do-it-yourself mask decorating in the Limonaia (the seating area between the cafe and the garden) of Villa Rossa. \u201cCarnevale is very important for Italian culture,\u201d said Giulia Ricciardi, Syracuse Florence\u2019s Student Experience Manager. \u201cI wanted to bring a piece of the Florentine culture here for students to connect with.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carnevale\u2019s origins trace back to ancient Greek and Roman pagan festivals like Saturnalia that celebrated the arrival of spring. Later, these traditions transformed into a final period of celebration and indulgence before Lent, the traditional Catholic 40-day period of prayer and fasting when meat, fats, and sugar were forbidden. In fact, the term Carnevale stems from the ancient Latin meaning \u201cfarewell to meat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, Carnevale is celebrated all throughout Italy, with the most famous festivities taking place in Venice and Viareggio. These parties, filled with eating, drinking, masks, parades, and merriment, all culminate on Fat Tuesday, the day before Lent starts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Syracuse\u2019s own celebration, trays of treats like fried dough <em>cenci<\/em> and <em>fritelle di riso<\/em> (sweet rice fritters) offered a taste of traditional Carnevale flavors. As they snacked, students had the option to paint a white mask or grab a colorful one to wear at other Carnevale events throughout Florence.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s a way for students to bring back something, not just food, as a souvenir of the Carnevale,\u201d Ricciardi said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Historically, masks were a defining symbol of Carnevale that allowed people from all social classes to celebrate together while keeping their identities hidden. Today, they continue to represent the creativity and over-the-top tradition Carnevale is famous for. Ricciardi plans to give students a chance to try to even more traditional sweets on the next \u201cTypical Tuesday,\u201d a monthly campus event.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Grace Stecher, Syracuse University On February 17, Syracuse Florence celebrated the end of Carnevale with delicious delicacies and do-it-yourself mask decorating in the Limonaia (the seating area between the cafe and the garden) of Villa Rossa. \u201cCarnevale is very important for Italian culture,\u201d said Giulia Ricciardi, Syracuse Florence\u2019s Student Experience Manager. \u201cI wanted to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":14246,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_category":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14243"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14249,"href":"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14243\/revisions\/14249"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}