Festivities in Italy

4. CHILDREN WAIT FOR THE
“BEFANA”, A SORT OF NICE OLD
WITCH FLYING ON A
ROOMSTICK.
AT NIGHT SHE LEAVES
CANDIES FOR GOOD
CHILDREN, AND SUGAR COAL
FOR THE NAUGHTY
ONES INSIDE WOOL
STOCKINGS

7. IN THE STREETS THERE ARE PARADES OF CARRIAGES
DECORATED WITH STATUES OF FAMOUS PEOPLE,
ACTORS AND POLITICIANS LIKE IN
VIAREGGIO (TUSCANY).

8. CHILDREN DRESS UP AND HAVE
PARTIES WHERE THEY LIKE THROWING
COLOURFUL CONFETTI AT EACH OTHER.

9. IN VENICE ADULTS DRESS UP IN THE
MOST ARTISTIC HISTORIC COSTUMES
OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

11. THE ITALIAN SYMBOL OF THIS DAY
IS A YELLOW FLOWER CALLED “MIMOSA”

13. CHILDREN RECEIVE CHOCOLATE EGGS
WITH SMALL PRESENTS INSIDE

14. PEOPLE EAT SPECIAL ALMOND CAKES CALLED
MARZIPAN IN THE SHAPE OF LAMBS

15. “COLOMBA” IS ANOTHER TYPICAL EASTER
CAKE, IN THE SHAPE OF A DOVE, WITH
ALMONDS AND CANDID ORANGES

16. EASTER MONDAY
ON THIS DAY , CALLED “LITTLE EASTER” PEOPLE
GO FOR A PICNIC IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
AND SPEND THE HOLE DAY EATING AND PLAYING

18. ON THE TWENTY FIFTH OF APRIL WE CELEBRATE THE
END OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR IN 1945 IN ITALY
AND THE LIBERATION FROM THE NAZI-FASCISM.

20. ON THE WORKERS’ DAY WE CELEBRATE
THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL
ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE WORKING CLASS

22. WE CELEBRATE THE BIRTH OF ITALIAN REPUBLIC IN 1946
IN ROME, THERE A BIG MILITARY PARADE WITH
THE EXIBITION OF THE AIR FORCE ACROBATIC
TEAM “ FRECCE TRICOLORI”

31. THE MOST FAMOUS “PRESEPI”
ARE HANDMADE IN NAPLES

32. ACCORDING TO ST. FRANCIS’ TRADITION YOU
CAN ALSO SEE LIVE CRIBS IN SMALL VILLAGES.

33. SEE YOU NEXT JUNE
IN