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THE HUSSARS
During the Carnival in RONCIGLIONE, a squad of light cavalry-men wearing uniforms of French Hussars, is the guard of honour to King Carnival and opens the race of the Barberi. This squad has Hungarian origin; according to some sources, the word “huszard” means “the 20th”: in fact, in Hungary in the xv century, during the [...]
