Carnival in February - part 3

However, the most prestigious of all was the famous Opera Ball in Vienna, which annually attracts stars of show business, politics and other spheres of public life to visit. There, visitors to the performance of the opera were dancing under the stars (which is the main feature of the event), the waltz, foxtrot, rumba and swing. Carnival in the small Belgian town of Binche, from year to year is not the same for a long time: 3 days from February 18 to February 20 inclusive. But during this time, visitors can make a little history of carnival. The point here is what: The tradition of carnival in Binche has its origins in the fourteenth century, when it became the first written mention of the party in February. In the modern world is Binche (a city) is a center for carnival in Belgium and in the case of February, as has been just above, collects a number of visitors and tourists, which is ten times the number of inhabitants Binche.