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A masquerade ball (or bal masqué) is a special kind of formal ball which many participants attend in costume wearing masks. (Compare the word "masque"—a formal written and sung court pageant.) Less formal "costume parties" may be a descendant of this tradition. A masquerade ball usually encompasses music and dancing.
The Bal des Ardents (Ball of the Burning Men), [1] or the Bal des Sauvages [2] (Ball of the Wild Men), was a masquerade ball [note 1] held on 28 January 1393 in Paris, France, at which King Charles VI had a dance performance with five members of the French nobility.
A carnival mask. Domino masks are worn during Carnival, e.g. at the Venetian Carnival, where it is part of the more extensive black (though occasionally white and blue) domino costume worn by both male and female participants, which accomplishes the requirement of the masquerade that participants be masked or otherwise disguised, and achieves the elements of adventure, conspiracy, intrigue ...
The Carnival of Venice (Italian: Carnevale di Venezia; Venetian: Carneval de Venèsia) is an annual festival held in Venice, Italy, famous throughout the world for its elaborate costumes and masks. The Carnival ends on Shrove Tuesday ( Martedì Grasso or Mardi Gras ), which is the day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday .
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The ball was founded in 1997 by Shawn Strider and was chiefly inspired by the masquerade scene in Labyrinth as well as the Venetian tradition of masquerade balls. [4] [8] Strider created the event as he wished to experience a masquerade in the style of 1980s fantasy films, namely Labyrinth, The Dark Crystal and Legend.