Traditional festivals in Italy

On June 2, 1946, Italy's referendum, the official abolition of the monarchy, the establishment of the Italian **** and the country; in addition, Italy has many various national holidays, such as the Feast of the Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Emancipation Day and so on.

Time:June 2 every year

Period:Once a year

New Year's Day (Capodanno)

With the arrival of Christmas, the new year is coming. Christmas is a traditional family reunion, while New Year's Day is a time for friends and family to get together and have fun *** to welcome the New Year; people have to rush to the city's central square before midnight with champagne and paper cups; when the New Year's bells ring, people coincidentally raise their glasses, clink glasses, pouring each other wine; when the music jumps out of the square from a colorful car, people can't help but pop up and jump up and jump up and down. Regardless of age, gender and nationality, people wish each other well; some regions also have the custom of throwing old things and bottles from home to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new; in recent years, people are also happy to buy Chinese fireworks; when the colorful fireworks fall over the city, the square, the street, the balcony, people also lit a starry fire, accompanied by the rhythm of the thunderbolt, people forget the sadness and unhappiness that once was, and the New Year came happily.

August Festival

The August Festival is the summer vacation mentioned earlier. Its history can be traced back to ancient Rome more than two thousand years ago. Back then, in order to let people have fun and enjoy life, Emperor Augustus (Augusto) set August 1 as a holiday.

From the end of the seventeenth century, August Day was changed to August 15th.

People took their vacations around August to avoid working during the hottest time of the year and to enjoy the passion and enthusiasm of the heat.

Organized by: August 15 every year

Organized by: held once a year

Mardi Gras (Carnevale)

Cities generally organize a variety of celebratory activities, there is a parade of costumes, a variety of cultural and artistic performances and so on; people are also well-dressed, and embraced to the plaza, the park; some dressed up as a variety of animals, some dressed up as a variety of stars, some dressed in ancient costumes. All kinds of stars, some dressed in ancient clothing; wearing masks, painted, converging into a magical world; people holding colorful strips of paper or confetti, bottles of liquid foam, inflatable plastic rods, to know and do not know the people on the body to sprinkle, spraying, knocking, hit a piece of joy.

The city in Italy known for its Carnival is Viareggio, located on the seaside; in addition, Venice, Rome, Milan and Florence also have their own Carnival.

Organizing time:February every year

Organizing cycle:Held once a year

Easter (Pasqua)

The date of Easter is not fixed, usually in early April. Every year, the first Sunday after the full moon on the vernal equinox is Easter, and legend has it that Jesus rose from the dead three days after his crucifixion; colored eggs, rabbits and chicks are the symbols of this holiday, representing the birth of new life; so people are expected to buy decorations of these images and to eat Easter eggs with chocolate shells and small gifts inside.

Christmas (Natale)

Christmas is a holiday commemorating the birthday of Jesus (Gesu'), the founder of Christianity. Legend has it that in the city of Nazareth in the Kingdom of Judea, there was a carpenter named Joseph (Giuseppe), who was betrothed to a girl named Maria; before the marriage, Maria was pregnant by God's will, and God let Joseph take Maria as his wife and have the child. God told Joseph to take Maria as his wife and to name the child Jesus; from the 2nd century A.D., the Romans began celebrating the birth of Jesus; in 357 A.D., Pope Liberio set December 25th as the day of celebration.

Now, Christmas is the most important holiday of the year. Its role is similar to our Spring Festival, a day of reunion for the whole family. Every year from mid-December, all over the world will begin to open lights and festivals: colored lights across the street on both sides; the square built different materials and different colors of the large and small Christmas trees; stores dressed in Christmas costumes; residential buildings are also decorated with Christmas trees, Christmas lights; Santa Claus wearing a red coat, white beard fluttering appeared in the street, stores and so on everywhere is not overflowing with a rich holiday atmosphere; people began to purchase the arrangement of Christmas goods and Christmas gifts at home. People begin to purchase Christmas goods and Christmas gifts for their homes. On Christmas Eve, the whole family **** all the dinner, exchange gifts; to go to church for Mass; children are also looking forward to receiving gifts from Santa Claus.

Every Christmas, the Pope celebrates with a series of great religious ceremonies at the Vatican (Vaticano).