Venice woke up to rain today, but the spirit of the city’s Carnival shines through. St. Mark’s Square, the beating heart of the city, has been bustling throughout the day with visitors eager ...

Thousands lined the bridges and canal banks of Venice to watch the floating parade. One of the world's oldest carnivals, it started in the 11th century as a celebration before Lent. The two-week ...

I was in my early teens in 1952 when my father was transferred to Gampaha. Formerly called Henarathgoda, it is a town made up by the merging of five villages. When Sir Edward Barnes, a British ...

VENICE — As the annual Venice Carnival peaked in early March, a cultural performance highlighting traditional Chinese attire took center stage at San Marco Square — often referred to as ...