Carnival of San Leucio del Sannio 

The Carnival of San Leucio del Sannio is very ancient and was born on the border between the Kingdom of Naples and the Papal State! It is one of the most evocative Carnivals in Southern Italy and what distinguishes it are the "mascherate".
Called by the locals 𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒, these performances are essentially Street Theater, whose roots and origins can be clearly identified in the Middle Ages, when San Leucio del Sannio was not yet a Casale di Benevento.

"The most challenging, evocative and effective 𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒, were represented in the street at night, with fire and flames"