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Why are masquerades still worn today?

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You do not wear masquerades. These were formal aristocratic balls, not clothes. They became fashionable for carnival in 15th century France. Their most distinctive feature was that people wore a mask. Masquerade is derived from masque, the French for mask. They enacted triumphal entries of kings, pageants and other important court events. They spread to Italy in the 16th century and to the rest of continental Europe in the 17th century.

The Carnival of Venice had retained the tradition of holding masquerades. In the 1990s they became popular in North America, although they are not formal like the original ones.

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