The historical re-enactments, promoted by C.E.R.S. (Consorzio Europeo Rievocazioni Storiche) are a good chance for everybody to enjoy the carnival atmosphere through the recreation of historical venetian situations and traditional feasts, where the living history and the period costumes parades will mingle together: squads, welcoming committees, guards of honor, flag wavers, old style street theater shows, like the well-known Bagordo. To celebrate the Carnival, special edition 2011, nineteenth century style re-enactments will be performed during the “Corteo delle Marie”, on February 26th, the coronation of the “Maria” winner of the event, on March 6th, and the “Flight of the Angel”, on February 27th. As a conclusion, the period costume groups and the beautiful masks of the “Associazione Amici del Carnevale di Venezia” and of the “Associazione Internazionale del Carnevale di Venezia”, after the parade will meet the people to be admired, and will perform together the traditional balls, the quadrille and the romantic waltzes.