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Panettone Living nativity scene in Milazzo Christmas market in Merano Zampognari in Molise during the Christmas period. Christmas in Italy (Italian: Natale) begins on 8 December, with the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, the day on which traditionally the Christmas tree is mounted and ends on 6 January, of the following year with the Epiphany (Italian: Epifania), [1] and in some areas ...
The person whose birthday it is may make a silent wish and then blow out the candles. It is also common for the person celebrating their birthday to cut the initial piece of the cake as a newlywed couple might with a wedding cake. The birthday boy/girl traditionally gets to eat the first piece of the cake.
The Italian folk revival was accelerating by 1966, when the Istituto Ernesto de Martino was founded by Gianni Bosio in Milan to document Italian oral culture and traditional music. Today, Italy's folk music is often divided into several spheres of geographic influence, a classification system proposed by Alan Lomax in 1956 and often repeated since.
In Italian folklore and folk customs, the Befana (Italian:) is a witch-like old woman who delivers gifts to children throughout Italy on Epiphany Eve (the night of January 5) in a similar way to Santa Claus or the Three Magi. [1] The Befana is a widespread tradition among Italians and thus has many names.
"Il Canto degli Italiani" (Italian: [il ˈkanto deʎʎ(i) itaˈljaːni]; [1] transl. "The Song of the Italians") is a patriotic song written by Goffredo Mameli and set to music by Michele Novaro in 1847, [2] currently used as the national anthem of Italy.
Tim Burton teamed up with Italian Vogue to wish girlfriend Monica Bellucci a happy birthday!. In honor of Bellucci's milestone 60th birthday on Monday, Sept. 30, filmmaker Burton, 66, collaborated ...
The 'Madonna and Child or Madonna with the Christ Child Blessing is a 1510 oil-on-panel painting by the Italian Renaissance master Giovanni Bellini, painted when he was already in his eighties but still responding to new developments in painting.
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