点评:I was a bit surprised as Sunday parade (on Quinquagesima, the last Sunday of Shrovetide) was very big - there were nearly 9000 masks in 92 mask groups on the parade through the town center, with Korzo being the center point. The whole parade took more than 8 hours long, with beginning on noon and ending somewhere between 8 and 9 PM. On the course, there were at least 6-7 different podiums where spectators could hear all about different mask groups and groups danced/performed on their music. Nearly every mask group has its specially decorated vehicle (truck or car with carrier trailer), some even with their own music speakers for their own party.
As a Slovenian, I have been to more traditional Venice and Ptuj (Kurentovanje) carnivals in the past where traditional masks have very strong appearance in all parades and other events. In contrary to them, Rijeka has not many traditional masks, with only Halubajski zvončari being the exception (they always come last on the Sunday parade). Rijeka Carnival therefore focus more on the style of the Rio Carnival, with many very different mask groups and with show being the most important part, as an overture to all night parties after that.
In case if you become hungry between the parade, there are possibilities to take away food from some restaurants or to go to one of them to eat and after that going further in the parade course to see some "previous" masks - they are not moving quickly, in 20 minutes one mask group only makes around 200 meters more on the course or something like that. It is also a nice spot at the beginning of the parade course on the Riva along the sea where people gather and party along with mask groups that are still there to begin.
To sum up, it was a very special and funny experience that I will remember for a long time.
翻译:我有点惊讶,因为星期天游行(在 Quinquagesima,忏悔节的最后一个星期天)非常大 - 在穿过市中心的游行中有 92 个面具组中的近 9000 个面具,Korzo 是中心点。整个游行历时 8 个多小时,从中午开始,到晚上 8 点到 9 点之间结束。在球场上,至少有 6-7 个不同的讲台,观众可以听到不同的面具组和组在他们的音乐上跳舞/表演。几乎每个面具小组都有其特别装饰的车辆(卡车或带有拖车的汽车),有些甚至为自己的派对配备了自己的音乐扬声器。
作为斯洛文尼亚人,我过去曾参加过更传统的威尼斯和普图伊 (Kurentovanje) 狂欢节,在所有游行和其他活动中,传统面具的出现非常强烈。与他们相反,里耶卡没有很多传统面具,只有 Halubajski zvončari 是个例外(他们总是在周日游行中排在最后)。里耶卡狂欢节因此更注重里约狂欢节的风格,有许多非常不同的面具组,表演是最重要的部分,作为之后通宵派对的序曲。
万一你在游行之间感到饥饿,可以从一些餐馆带走食物或去其中一家吃饭,然后在游行路线上走得更远,看看一些“以前的”面具——他们没有动很快,在 20 分钟内,一个面具小组只能在球场上多跑 200 米左右。这也是沿着海边的里瓦 (Riva) 游行路线开始的好地方,人们聚集在那里,与仍然在那里开始的面具团体一起聚会。
总而言之,这是一次非常特别和有趣的经历,我会记住很长一段时间。