2. Daily Life
• Children attend the
local school, most
people work farms or
at the local
factory, or go into
the bigger cities for
work
• Many people meet
in the town square –
the piazza at night to
play cards, have a
coffee and socialize
• On Sundays people
attend mass at
Chiesa di San
Giacomo
3. Resources
• Cicala is most known
for chestnut’s.
• You can even find
chestnut flour at the
local Italian store
imported right from
the small town!
4. Language
• The primary
language spoken
in Italy is Italian.
• Each small town
or regions have a
different dialect.
In Cicala they
speak Cicalese.
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7. Traditions and celebrations
• In Cicala our patron
Saint is San Giacamo.
On July 25th we carry
out saint around and
pin money onto him.
• There is a big
procession (everyone
in the town follows
him around). In the
night there is a big
FESTA (party!) we
8. The land
• Cicala is quite hilly, it is
mostly farm land and
the soil is rich and
grows
fruits, vegetables and
trees grow very well.
