Confetti

see also: Etymology of Confetti

The confetti are small pieces of Papier, sometimes of plastic, whether one launches at the time of some Fête S or celebrations. The confetti are generally of various colors. There even existed, formerly, of the scented confetti.

The confetti form a festive couple with the Serpentin.

One is unaware of where the confetti that we know today were invented exactly. The assumption is advanced that it was with Milan, or with Pau, always at the 19th century. What appears certain, it is that its world vogue began with the Casino from Paris, in December 1891, on the initiative of its administrator, Mr Lué. It was during a festival given for the Carnaval of Paris, then very large and which lasted since the Saint Martin, on November 11th, until the Fatty Days, in February - March, with a recovery, for the Mid-Lent. In the beginning, the confetti were of perforated paper falls, used for the breeding of the silkworm. One sold it in Paris with the kilo or glass. The quantity used with the Carnaval of Paris was such, that the next morning of the great battles confettists, the water of the the Seine, at the exit of the Parisian sewers, Clichy, was metamorphosed suddenly in " an immense ice-barrier multicolore". The paper confetti appeared with the Carnaval of Nice, since 1892 and under the name of " confetti of Paris". There existed also traditional confetti, baptized with Paris, " confetti italien". They was pellets of Plâtre. It was never used in Paris. One manufactured it using a funnel. Goethe speaks about it, in its description of the Carnival of Rome, to which it assisted in 1788. Its room, to Rome, gave on via del Corso the, old one via Flaminia and high place of the Roman Carnival. They is there that was held the famous free horse-race, nail of Carnaval.

The confetti in Plâtre continued to exist with the Carnaval of Nice, parallel to the paper confetti and were finally interdict with the 1950.
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In the beginning, the confetti thrown to the Carnival were dragees (a Confiserie Italy similar to the Dragée). The word means " dragées" in Italian (it is the plural of " confetto"). In Italian, today, the paper confetti are called " coriandoli" , which means " coriandres".

See too

External bond

official Internet site of the Carnival of Paris

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