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  WTI Magazine #42    2014 September, 3Author : infoviterbo.it      Translation by:   The transport of the Macchina di Santa Rosa is the feast par excellence in Viterbo, dedicated to the patron saint of Santa Rosa, who lived in the thirteenth century and whose memory is evoked by Viterbo through a event which is unique in the world: uplifting, a...

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WTI Magazine #75    2016 January 18Author : folclore.it      Translation by:   On January 6, the day of the Epiphany, since 1997 Florence has recovered an ancient tradition to commemorate the visit of the Three Wise Men (in Italian, "I Re Magi") to the infant Jesus. The ride of the Three Wise Men starts in the afternoon from the Pitti Palace, pas...

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  WTI Magazine #85    2016 November 21Author : folclore.it      Translation by:   The Alba White Truffle World Market is the largest international exhibition of truffles coming from the Piedmontese hills of Langhe, Roero and Monferrato. Every day, thousands of batches of truffles, freshly picked, are displayed and sold by the "trifolao" themselv...

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  WTI Magazine #77    2016 March 18Author : folclore.it      Translation by:   The traditional St. Joseph Torch Feast in Pitigliano, a direct descendant of ancient bonfires, evokes the legend propitiatory arrival of Spring. In the Maremma inland, the night of Saint Joseph recalls an ancient pagan ceremony: on Spring equinox a purifying bonfire p...

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  WTI Magazine #82    2016 August 19Author : folclore.it      Translation by:   On August 28 and 29 of every year, L'Aquila (Abruzzo) renews the solemn rite of the Perdonanza (Forgiveness), the perpetual plenary indulgence that Celestine V, on the same evening of his coronation as pope, granted to all the faithful of Christ. Before ascending to...

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  WTI Magazine #72    2015 November 13Author : folclore.it      Translation by:   In the year of the Expo 2015, in the Venetian province there's a city that showcases the goose, through an exhibition with tens of thousands of visitors, sold out hotels and restaurants, opportunities for recreation and for the rediscovery of ancient traditions, in...

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  WTI Magazine #59    2015 May, 1Author : folclore.it      Translation by:   The Cantamaggio in Terni, the largest folk event town, enhances and promotes the ancient custom to celebrate the arrival of spring with the singers who went to the country houses to devote ditties about spring in exchange for coins or eggs, wine and food from the garden...

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  WTI Magazine #52    2015 January, 23Author : folclore.it      Translation by:   An appointment that has been repeated for over half a century and has become a meeting point for the peoples from all over the earth. History, folklore and art blend harmoniously during one of the most famous folk festivals in the world.  

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  WTI Magazine #83    2016 September 16Author : folclore.it      Translation by:   This is a historical celebration of the glorious deeds of Frederick I of Swabia Redbeard AD 1,155. The '"Historia bella" tells us that Frederick I, called Barbarossa, passing through Medicina, became seriously ill and thanks to a broth in which a snake was inadver...

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  WTI Magazine #55    2015 March, 6Author : folclore.it      Translation by:   The most renowned Carnival in Sardinia is Mamoiada's, one of the oldest in the region and, for Mamoiada, there is no carnival without Mamuthones. Who are them? Mamuthones and Issohadores are the protagonists of the carnival of this town and also are a symbol of celebr...

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