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Many villages and towns in the area are getting ready for what is undoubtedly the most colourful moment of the year. This year's Carnival runs from February 7th to 28th 2004 and will, as usual, feature a variety of masked events. Some traditions have remained the same for centuries and include all-night parties such as that of the Ceri at Gubbio. For the 'Cicolo', bands of masked villagers go from house to house in a kind of Italian derivation of the 'trick or treat' common at Christmas in northern Europe. To round off the Carnival festive season with a bang, the 'San Simino' mannequin is brought by hooded bearers and then burnt in the town square. In the past, the Carnival season was a time when social conventions were abandoned. Rich and poor alike would dress up, hiding their true identity in a perverse switching game that frequently resulted in a complete inversion of the normal social structure.
