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Dressing RoomHorsing around, a participant models a headpiece as she prepares for the Ballo Tiepolo, a carnival ball held in Venice's Palazzo Pisani Moretta and featuring 18th-century costumes.

Read more in “Charlie Chaplin’s Venice” from the January/February 2012 issue of National Geographic Traveler.

Photograph by Dave Yoder

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Venice Carnevale Ball

See scenes from extravagant costume balls during Carnevale in Venice.

Published December 20, 2011

Venice Carnevale Ball

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