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Italy Comenius Project Italian meeting th rd 30 May – 3 June 2012 Italian Festivities Calendar 2013 January 1st New Year’s day th 6 27th Memorial Day Epiphany New Year’s Day It is the first day of the year. The Italian tradition includes a series of superstitious rituals to be followed during the New Year’s Eve, such as to wear red underwear and throw old unused objects from the window. Lentils are eaten at dinner as a sign of wealth for the New Year. Epiphany It commemorates the 12th day of Christmas when the three wide men arrived at the manger bearing gifts for Baby Jesus. Memorial Day Memorial Day is a celebration declared on January 27 to commemorate the victims of National Socialism and Fascism. It remembers, in fact, 27th January 1945 when the Soviet Red Army troops discovered the concentration camps and rescued the few survivors. February 10th Remembrance Day th 12 Last Day of Carnival Shrove Tuesday 13th Ash Wednesday Remembrance Day The Remembrance Day is a national civil Italian feast celebrated on February 10 of each year. It commemorates the victims of the massacres of sinkholes. In this period we organise big parades in every cities. We dress up with fancy dresses and prepares Carnival floats. The Carnival The most beautiful float with its team will receive a prize on the last day. Ash Wednesday Forty days before Easter On this day lent starts. 8th Women’s Day th 19 31st Easter March Father’s Day Women’s Day To remember and reflect on women’s achievements in every sectors of society. It remembers the fire that took place in a factory where a lot of women died. Father’s Day Father’s day is celebrated on March 19 th every year. In catholic countries it falls on St Joseph’s Day. Easter First Sunday after the first full moon of spring This is the most important Catholic feast. It commemorates the day when Jesus rise again after three days. Eggs are the symbol of birth, so it is the symbol of Easter. 1st Easter Monday 21st Rome’s Birthday 25th Liberation Day April Easter Monday This is the day after Easter. It’s an official national holiday in Italy. Banks and shops are closed. Some cities hold dances, free concerts, or unusual games often involving eggs. Rome’s Birthday On this day we celebrate the foundation of Rome which according to the legend took place in 753B.C. with the twins Romolus and Remus . Liberation Day On 25th April Italy celebrates the Liberation Day, it remembers the anniversary of liberation from fascism. April 25 1945 remembers when Italy was liberated from Nazifascist troops. These troops were formed between the First and the Second World War with the advent of Totalitarism, in Germany with Hitler, in Italy with Mussolini and in Russia with Stalin. Benito Mussolini founded the Fascist Movement that later became a real political party: the National Fascist Party (NFP), with which he claimed an authoritarian regime characterized by force and violence. The Resistance Movement started in Italy to bring freedom and autonomy to the country. 1st Labour Day 9th Europe’sDay 13th Mother’s Day May Labour Day Labour Day is a holiday celebrated worldwide on 1st May each year for the achievements in working conditions of men and women. A conquest for all: the daily working time set at eight hours. Europe’s Day It represents an important date for Europe and celebrates the speech held by Robert Schuman in 1950 which opend the path towards the present European Union. Mother’s Day Mother’s day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May and it is a widespread festivity all the world. This festivity is an occasion for sons and daughters to give flowers, chocolates or every other things to one’s own mom! June 2nd Republic Day nd 2 Corpus Domini 29th Saints Peter and Paul Italian Republic Day The Italian Republic Day is celebrated on June 2 to commemorate the birth of the Republic. In June 1948, for the first time, Via dei Fori Imperiali in Rome hosted a military parade in honour of the Republic. nd 2 June nowadays Today we celebrate this civil feast with a big parade. The “Frecce tricolori” do their show in this day at the presence of military forces, the President of the Republic and other authorities. nd 2 June 1946 It commemorates the institutional referendum of 1946 when the Italian population was called to decide what form of government (monarchy or republic) to give the country after the Second World War and the fall of Fascism. This is the first time that women used the right of vote. The Constitution This Document is the basis of the Italian Republic. It ensures human rights, establishes rights and duties of all Italian people. Infiorata di Genzano «l’Infiorata» is a religious festivity which is held to celebrate the Corpus Domini in June each year. One of the most famous example in Italy is the one taken in Genzano, a small town near Rome, not far from Aprilia. Its origin goes back to the XII century and is characterized by the preparation of a floral (flowered) carpet along the way followed by the religious procession. The floral carpet occupies almost 200 square metres of ground and is composed different representations. About 350.000,00 flowers are necessary to create these pictures; it is said that the «infioratori», the artists, use each petal as painters use their colours. The festivity is divided into 3 phases: on Saturday, painters start drawing the different images on the ground. on Sunday, they proceed with the laying of the petals to carpet the ground. on Monday, children «destroy» the drawings running from the steps of Saint Mary’s Church. August 15th Assumption of Mary - Ferragosto August Bank Holiday August 15 is the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin. That day the Church celebrates Mary the mother of Jesus received in Heaven. It is a typical Italian Festivity not celebrated in other European countries. Deeply rooted in pagan tradition, the feast of the Assumption was then recycled by the Church, which, like other pagan festivals, first tried to suppress them and then wrap them of Christendom. The imprint of religious holiday is felt in the many religious processions that take place everywhere. Usually, the statue of Madonna is carried in procession through the streets of old towns. This summer date for most of us is the apotheosis of the holidays! August is a word of Latin origin, derives from ‘’Feriae Augusti’’, which means ‘’Rest of August’’. In the month of August where harvested cereals and ancient Rome celebrated the end of the main agricultural work. Today, August Bank Holiday is by definition the day of the holiday, excursions, long week-ends, in one word the occasion for outings and picnics out of town. September We commemorate the Archangel S. Michael, who is our patron. We organise a week of celebrations, which finish on Sunday with the procession of S. Michael. There is a show of fireworks at midnight. S. Michael November 1st All Saints Day 2nd Commemoration of Deads 4th National Day and of the Armed Forces November 1: All Saints Day It is celebrated in honour of all Catholic saints and martyrs, known and unknown. November 2: Day of the Deads It is celebrated in honour of the Deads. Day of National Unity The Day of National Unity and of the Armed Forces falls on November 4, in commemoration for the anniversary of the end of World War I for Italy, the feast of Italian Armed Forces and the Party of National Unity . December 8th Immaculate Conception Day 24th Christmas Eve 25th Christmas Day 26th Saint Stephen’s Day 31th New Year’s Eve Immaculate Conception It commemorates the Immaculate Conception of Mary. Christmas Day It commemorates the day when Baby Jesus was born. We celebrate this with a big dinner with all parts of family on December 24. When the clock strikes midnight, Christmas Day starts and we put a symbolic Baby Jesus into the cradle in the nativity scene. St. Stephen’s Day St. Stephen was the Christian Church’s first martyr and his feast day is celebrated on December 26, the day after Christmas. Students: Maximiliano Ezequiel Barrabino Eleonora Ciervo Ambrogio Gallo Alison Orlandi Sara Totaro Thanks to our Religion and History Teachers, Mrs. Mariangela Cangemi and Maria Luisa Iorio, for their collaboration. Teachers: Maddalena Caracciolo Cristina Miglionico Ada Seguino Alessia Serpa