ITAL 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Dessert Wine, Cinepanettone, Prosecco
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For exam: review all readings, but then choose one reading from sprezzatura that we didn"t do as a class. Tie the reading into some of the other readings in class (themes that tie it into italian culture as a whole). 1 ear pull for each year you"ve been alive. The birthday person is always the host, they pay, they make their own cake, no surprise parties. The day catholics believed mary ascended into heaven. Augustus dedicated the whole month into a rest period/celebration after the harvest. They often have horse races, they carry virgin mary statues through the streets, vacation. Vacation tradition- started during the fascist era- government orchestrated trips for people to see cultural elements. It"s like a birthday, but it"s a catholic custom called name day. Your onomastico is determined by your name or when you were born, catholics assign each day a saint. Like a second birthday, they say, buon onomastico and sometimes give gifts.
