CARNIVAL! exhibit at Providence Campus
CARNIVAL!, a mixed media exhibit exploring the Afro-Caribbean festival traditions, is on display at the URI Feinstein Providence Campus through Feb. 25. The exhibit includes photographs, paintings, sculpture, masks, costumes, musical instruments and artifacts from local and international artists.
Also known as Carnevale, Mardi Gras and Rah-Rah, the Carnival celebration developed from a combination of a pre-Lenten Christian festival and European pre-Christian traditions that were blended with African and indigenous tribal rituals. The celebration was further transformed with traditional ritual elements from the Caribbean, South and Central America to become a colorful, masked, costumed, musical dance celebration.
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