In Slovenia, the ancient Pust festival happens each year before Easter to mark the end of winter.

Follow the process of making traditional Japanese masks by Craftsmen who have been making masks for 40 years.

It's a tradition in Venice that dates back hundreds of years, and extends far beyond Carnival celebrations and the countdown to Lent. Correspondent Seth Doane looks at the history of imaginative masks in Venice, where the only mask mandate is, the more ex...