Colors, sounds, masks and scents envelop the Marche during Carnival time, transforming historic villages and monumental squares into large open-air stages. It is suspended in time, in which the festival breaks the everyday and becomes a collective tale, an opportunity to meet and a tool to enhance local identity. The Marche Carnival combines centuries-old traditions and contemporary creativity, involving large cities and small inland towns in a widespread calendar of events. Parades, popular