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If you ask the Italians what their favorite holiday is, you will notice that the vast majority of the inhabitants of this sunny country will call you (Natale) or (Capodanno). And in fact: Italians always look forward to the December and January holidays, carefully preparing for them many weeks before their onset.
Like any other people, the Italians have a number of special New Year's traditions and rituals that they try to carefully observe in order to "catch" good luck for the whole next year.
In Italy, on New Year's Eve, no one can sleep: festive fireworks blaze in the sky until the morning, like crackers. Why is this tradition interesting?
The Italians do not only set off fireworks and firecrackers to celebrate the New Year: they firmly believe that loud noise scares away evil spirits that may appear in the coming year.
First of January
In Italy, there is an opinion that the coming year will pass in the same way as the first of January. Therefore, after New Year's Eve, the Italian will never borrow or lend money or work.
red underwear
Residents of sunny Italy believe that the color red must certainly bring good luck. Therefore, they are happy to dress up in red for the New Year's table. It can be either a suit, dress or trousers, or underwear, which is simply full of shop windows.
Coins and candles
The Italians are simply obsessed with luring good luck on New Year's Eve. And they are ready for anything, just not to miss it. To do this, as already mentioned, they dress in red, and also put coins or candles on the windowsill - harbingers of prosperity.
"New Water"
In some regions of Italy, there is a custom to bring "new water" from the spring into the house on the first of January. Italians believe that water brought before sunset will bring happiness in the new year.
First person
>Another wonderful belief associated with the New Year says that it is of great importance who you meet on the street first in the coming year. You're out of luck if it's a priest or a child. But if grandfather crosses your path, you will be provided with happiness and prosperity until December 31 of the year that has just come.
12 grapes
To the sound of the clock, we write a wish on paper, burn it, and add the ashes to champagne and drink it. However, the inhabitants of Italy came up with a much simpler, but still a little strange tradition, associated precisely with the last minute of the outgoing year. They lay out 12 grapes, eating one with each stroke of the clock. It is believed that the one who ate the last berry in the first second of the coming year will be accompanied by ... of course, good luck.
Wine
Residents of the post-Soviet space associate the New Year with its invariable attributes: Russian salad, tangerines and, of course, champagne. However, this alcoholic drink is not popular on New Year's Eve. Moreover, drinking French champagne is completely bad manners. Italians prefer to count the chimes with a glass of wine produced in their native country.
Befana
Italian kids don't get presents on New Year's Eve. No, this does not mean that their parents are mean people. The thing is that the good Fairy Befana puts gifts under the Christmas tree for children, and she does this only on January 6th. Italian kids are looking forward to the fairy-tale heroine, hanging their socks to the fireplace, and in the morning they rush to unwrap gifts. However, not all children will receive them: for those who behaved badly last year, the fairy put a piece of coal in her sock.
Throwing away furniture
The good old Italian tradition of throwing away unnecessary things in the last minutes of the outgoing year is not an invention at all. Getting rid of unnecessary trash, the people of Italy get rid of the negative energy that has accumulated over the past year. Therefore, walking along the Italian streets on New Year's Eve is a very risky activity: torn trousers or a rare TV may fall on you.
The Italians to this day have many interesting and funny traditions: Christian and pagan, their own and borrowed. Therefore, celebrating the New Year in Italy is a great opportunity not only to celebrate this holiday with dignity, but also to get to know the country and its eccentric inhabitants better.
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Holidays in Italy Prepared by Klimenko Valeria, student of the 2nd "A" class of school No. 628
Holidays in Italy The Venice Carnival is the greatest holiday in Italy, which annually attracts thousands of participants and spectators from different countries. The Venice Carnival is considered one of the oldest carnivals in the world: it originated in the Middle Ages, when the total duration of all holidays was several months a year.
Venetian carnival Venetian carnival is a great variety of masks and faces, including nobles and moors, giants and dwarfs, gentlemen dressed up as ladies and girls in men's costumes, obligatory Harlequins, Colombina and Pulcinella. Masks come from everywhere, gather in groups and processions, slowly and sedately walk around the square, surrounded by crowds of onlookers, arrange balls. The carnival, which united everyone in the past, is now divided into spectators and participants. But once in the local theaters, not only artists, but also the audience did not take off their masks.
Holidays in Italy New Year is considered no less favorite holiday of Italians. The Russian children hold the Snegurochka in high esteem, and the Italian children are looking forward to the good Fairy Befana. According to tradition, she arrives at night on a magic broom, opens the doors with a small golden key and, entering the room where the children sleep, fills children's stockings, specially hung by the fireplace, with gifts. For those who studied poorly or were naughty, Befana leaves a pinch of ash or coal. Babbo Natale is an Italian Santa Claus who lives on the peaks of the Alps and Dolomites, interspersed with high mountain valleys, in which fabulous old towns are scattered, decorated with jagged lace of medieval castles and spiers of church bell towers.
Fairy Befana The Italian character Fairy Befana is a little old witch who delivers all sorts of sweets to children on January 6 - Epiphany Day. Thus, little Italians are lucky twice: on Christmas night they receive gifts from Babbo Natale (Italian Santa Claus), and on the Epiphany holiday - sweets from Befana. According to tradition, Befana brings chocolate to obedient and kind children, and stuffs stockings, specially hung for this purpose from the Christmas tree or from the ceiling in the nursery, with tiny black coals for little rascals and pranksters.
Holidays in Italy Befana is very fond of the Italians. This witch has large protruding teeth, a hooked nose, and wears a pointed hat, long cloak, and holey woolen stockings. He wears a bag of chocolate and coals on his back and moves from rooftop to rooftop on foot, on a broom or on a horse. According to an ancient legend, she came to Italy by accident, but she liked it here so much that she settled forever. Originally from Bethlehem, Befana allegedly met the Magi on her way, hurrying with gifts to the newborn Jesus. She wanted to go with them, but was refused. Instead, she was invited to go around the world and give gifts to all obedient and prudent children. Since then, Befana has "settled" in Italy. In Rome, you can still "meet" this funny witch and even take a picture with her as a keepsake.
Holidays in Italy
Holidays in Italy Translated from Italian, "Babbo Natale" means Santa Claus. This beloved Italian character, with its historical roots, goes back to Saint Nicholas, who was born in the second half of the third century AD in the city of Patara, located in Turkey, whose territory in those distant times was part of the Byzantine Empire - the cradle of the Christian faith.
Holidays in Italy Babbo Natale lived for a long time at the North Pole, and later bought himself an excellent home in the Finnish north - in Lapland, where Italian children actively write both simple and e-mails with reports about their behavior, as well as wishes for Christmas gifts and from where they the answers are in Italian.
Holidays in Italy Easter April 25 (Liberation Day) May 1 (Labor Day) August 15 (Assumption of the Virgin Mary) November 1 (All Saints' Day) December 25 (Christmas) December 26 (St. Stephen's Day)
Holidays in Italy In Italy, holidays dedicated to local saints are also common: Venice - April 25 (Saint Mark) Florence, Genoa and Turin - June 24 (John the Baptist) Rome - June 26 (St. Peter and Paul) Palermo - July 15 (Saint Rosalia ) Naples - September 19 (Saint Januarius) Bologna - October 14 (Saint Petronio) Cagliari - October 30 (Saint Saturnio) Trieste - November 3 (Saint Giusto) Bari - December 6 (Saint Nicola) Milan - December 7 (Saint Ambrosia)
Italy is a country of fun and pleasure, so it is not surprising that New Year's Eve here is noisy and fun. By the number of days allotted for the celebration of the Christmas and New Year holidays, it, perhaps, ranks first among European countries. So, the holidays here begin on December 24 (Christmas) and continue until January 6 (Epiphany).
New Year in Italian. The Italian New Year "Capodanno" has several names. This is the traditional holiday of St. Sylvester's Day, and translated from Italian - "head of the year", that is, a new day. Italians sit down at the New Year's table at 9 pm. According to tradition, there must be 13 dishes on the table, it is believed that this will bring good luck in the new year. Italians celebrate the New Year at a party with relatives and friends. Italy consists of many provinces, each of which has its own customs and traditions for celebrating the New Year. Nevertheless, all cities dress up their streets in bright illuminations, arrange noisy festivities and concerts in the main squares. So, in Venice, caps are put on the heads of the lions guarding the palazzo, and beards are glued to the muzzles. Christmas trees in pots flaunt on all balconies of houses and buildings in Venice.
In the capital of Italy, Rome, Christmas trees decorated with New Year's toys are installed in all squares. Shop windows and restaurants are decorated with garlands with red ribbons woven into them. In Umbria, all the local temples arrange jazz concerts on New Year's Eve. In Tuscany, villagers kindle large bonfires in the very center, around which they dance and have fun until the morning. Fireworks all over Italy on New Year's Eve. Naples is considered the record holder for the duration and richness of fireworks.
Italian Santa Claus Italian Santa Claus is called Babbo Natale. On New Year's Eve, he distributes gifts to children who have been writing letters to him all year and behaved well. For children's letters to Santa Claus, red mailboxes are installed on all the streets of Italy. Babbo Natale puts gifts in red socks hanging from the fireplace. Also, Italian children are waiting for January 6, when Epiphany comes. On this night, the good Fairy Befana, on her magic broom, flies around all the houses that she opens with her golden key, and distributes gifts to obedient children. Naughty children run the risk of getting a pinch of ash or coal from Fairy Befana. Also, Italian children write letters of gratitude expressing their love to their parents and put them under their pillows. Traditionally, after dinner on Christmas Eve, parents read the children's letters aloud.
New Year's table The Italian New Year's table abounds with festive dishes. Without fail, nuts, lentils and grapes are present on the New Year's table, as they are considered symbols of longevity, health and well-being. It is believed that the more lentils you eat, the richer you will be. Also on the festive table there are traditional Italian dishes that promise good luck and wealth in the coming year. Italians do not imagine the New Year's table without pork dishes. There's a pork leg and a pork sausage. On New Year's Eve, Italians always eat pork legs, seeing off the outgoing year. And after the clock strikes, a pig's head is served on a platter. Everyone sitting at the table should taste a piece of these delicacies, since it is believed that the pig always slowly but surely moves forward.
Italians also put fish and seafood dishes on the table. It is believed that fish caviar eaten on New Year's Eve will bring wealth. According to tradition, dishes on the festive table from Turkish peas will bring good luck. But chicken dishes are not desirable on the festive table. The Italians believe that the chicken is in a hurry to get back. New Year's Italian table is not complete without famous desserts. Here are festive pastries, and pies, and muffins. Italians celebrate the New Year not with a glass of champagne, but with the famous Italian wine. It is also believed that if you drink a mug of beer immediately after the clock strike, then luck will accompany you all year.
New Year's traditions The most famous Italian New Year's tradition is the liberation from everything old. So, on New Year's Eve, Italians throw old things out of the windows of their houses. Moreover, not only things from the old grandmother's suitcase are thrown away, but also completely new appliances, furniture, electrical appliances and other household utensils. It is believed, but the place of old things will definitely come new. Italians are very superstitious, so it is very important for them who they meet first in the new year. So, on the first day of the new year, it is considered a lucky sign to meet a child or a beautiful young girl. A meeting with a hunchbacked old man promises a rich and happy year. But to meet a priest on the morning of January 1 is considered an unkind sign. Another Italian tradition is associated with the first day of the new year. Early in the morning on January 1, you need to bring home “new water” from the source as a symbol of a new happy life.
Therefore, the most valuable gift is "new water" with an olive branch. It is necessary to meet the New Year in everything new. Therefore, December is perhaps the most profitable month for clothing sellers. Italians prefer to celebrate the New Year noisily and cheerfully, not just because they have a cheerful disposition, but because, they believe, they leave all negative emotions, worries and troubles in the outgoing year. Italians believe that red underwear brings good luck, so it is customary to give it to friends and wear it on New Year's Eve. To make the year happy, each member of the family puts a coin on the windowsill or puts a lit candle on it. A special Italian tradition is associated with grapes. The Italians stock up 12 grapes and begin to eat them with the chimes. At the same time, the last, 12th grape, should fall on the first second of the new year. Then the whole year will be accompanied by good luck. After the twelfth stroke of the clock, the Italians sitting at the table turn off the light and begin to exchange kisses with each other.
"New Year traditions of countries" - New Year in Japan. Jewish New Year. Children's pipes. Goody Padva. New Year's Eve. New Year's Eve Celebration. New Year. Full moon. The first seconds of the New Year. Saint Basil's Day. Muslims. Meeting of the New Year. Feast of the Poor. National festivity. Tradition. A piece of a pig's head. Clock. New Year's Eve in Venezuela.
“How the New Year is celebrated” - The New Year must be started, freed from everything old. England. New Year is the most favorite holiday of children. France. In our country, the New Year on January 1 began to be celebrated by decree of Peter I. Italy. Japan. China. India. 2011 is the year of the metallic white rabbit. What should be on the festive table at the meeting in 2011.
"New Year's Program" - Prologue Blackout in the hall. …. "White party" gathering of guests. The characters of the white planet will be White Ladies and Alien men. …. "White party" white lady 2011. Greeted, sent to the registration building. New Year's Eve opens Freak show. And also from the male half we choose the evaluating jury at the New Year's show.
"Scenario of the New Year" - Beads are bright. Ski relay. Celebration. Skating. Game "Dress up the snowman." Happy New Year. Snowmen game. Ski jumping. Song Santa Claus. Magic movie. Bobsleigh game. The sled rides on its own. Wonderful bird. Threads of colorful tinsel. Hockey. Tree poem. The game "Dress up the Christmas tree". Curling. Game "Draw".
"Old New Year" - Church about the Old New Year. A pig's head was also placed on the table. History of the Old New Year. Traditions for the Old New Year. Old New Year! So two celebrations of the New Year were formed - according to the new and the old style. And there was also a kind of ritual - cooking porridge. Ready porridge was taken out of the oven and carefully examined.
“How the New Year is celebrated” - Instead of a Christmas tree, small houses made of palm leaves are installed. At midnight, everyone who quarreled last year should make up. In guinea. The Eskimos: On the cube. It is believed that the old year is over. In Korea. Exactly at midnight, rubbish flies from the windows, from the balconies: armchairs, bedside tables, beds. During the New Year festivities, high jump competitions are held among girls.
New Year in Italy UVK №16 Grade 8B What is New Year? "Capodanno" is the name of the New Year in Italy. Translated, this word means "head of the year." It is also sometimes called the dinner of St. Sylvester New Year in Italy is the equator of the winter holidays, which begin on December 24 (Christmas) and end on January 6 (Epiphany). Italians always celebrate Christmas with their families, but they prefer to celebrate the New Year with friends. Ah, Italy, Italy… Italy is changing during the New Year holidays. The whole country is decorated with garlands, red ribbons, New Year's wreaths, festive illuminations. The streets sparkle with multi-colored lights, thanks to thousands of garland bulbs that wrap around trees and facades of houses, shops and schools. In the city squares there are huge elegant Christmas trees. Flower beds are planted under the trees. Formidable Venetian lions are also dressed up for the New Year - hats are put on their heads and white beards made of cotton wool are attached http://inetzar.ucoz.ru/ Italian New Year's table ... Italians sit at the table at about 9 pm. It is believed that the presence of 13 dishes on the table will bring good luck in the new year. Italians prefer fish and seafood dishes, lentils, turkey and others. It is believed that if you eat fish caviar on New Year's Eve, it will bring wealth. Also, it is believed that if you drink beer immediately after midnight, then luck will accompany you all year. Strange customs and beliefs… - There is a belief that red underwear attracts good luck - Exactly at midnight, Italians throw old things out of the window, thus leaving everything old in the past year. - With each stroke of the clock, you need to eat one grape. Whoever manages to eat the last grape in the first second of the New Year will be happy all year. - If you meet a hunchbacked old man first in the new year, then this is good luck. If a child, a monk, a priest or a child, then this will not lead to anything good. Well, what about without Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden? Italian Santa Claus - Babbo Natale. Since Italy borrowed this symbol of the New Year from America, Babbo Natale is no different from the American Santa. This is the same kind, ruddy grandfather in a red camisole and red trousers, with a white beard, a sleigh pulled by reindeer. Translated from Italian, “Babbo Natale” means Santa Claus. This Italian character, with its historical roots, goes back to St. Nicholas. And this is the Italian Snow Maiden, Fairy Befana. Fairy Befana is one of the most beloved characters of Italian folklore. And just like our Snow Maiden, she appears in the midst of the New Year holidays. However, Befana does not arrive with Babbo Natale, but a few days after him. Unlike the Snow Maiden, who wears festive attire, Fairy Befana looks much more unpresentable. She looks more like Baba Yaga than a Fairy. And she has her own story, but not New Year's, but Christmas ...