In the modern Carnival has decided to reintroduce the public, in a form similar to the original ancient Carnival, the celebration of Angel Flight, in its version of Flight of the Dove. While in the past, this show was celebrated on Maundy Thursday, in modern editions it is generally played at noon on the first Sunday of the festival, as an opening event that officially decreed the beginning of Carnival same.
Over a cheering crowd, with an eye to the Campanile of San Marco, a bird which looked like a dove makes a long descent on the rope to the Palazzo Ducale. Got about half way, opens a trap door in its lower part, which frees the Piazzetta filled countless confetti and confetti or other small gifts.
The edition of 2001, the first of the millennium, it is passed back to the old formula of Angel Flight, replacing the Columbine with an artist in the flesh. The artist, secured to a metal cable, making his descent from the belfry of the steeple flowing slowly to the ground, suspended in the air above the crowd, which fills the space below.
新装した最初の人はサーカス団員だったけど、今後はミスイタリアの仕事になりそう List of Angels from the first edition of 2001:
2001 - Katyusha Triberti (Artist Circus Triberti) 2002 - Antonella Elia (actress and showgirl) 2003 - Frida Scarpa (fencer) 2004 - Charlotte Mantovan (Miss Veneto 2001) 2005 - Carolina Marconi (Model and actress) 2006 - Manuela Levorato (Sprinter) 2007 - Federica Pellegrini (Swimmer) 2008 - Coolio (Singer) 2009 - Margherita Missoni Maccapani (Actress) 2010 - Bianca Brandolini d'Adda (Model) 2011 - Silvia Bianchini (Mary of the year 2010) 2012 - Selero Giulia (Maria the year 2011)