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Carbonara, passeggiate per Monti, madonne blasfeme

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The Holy Shroud of Turin

The Holy Shroud of Turin is the most important Christian relic that we have in Italy. It is also, without a doubt, the most controversial one. 

The Holy Shroud of Turin is a linen cloth, which shows the negative image of the front and the back of a man, who died in a violent way. According to the Catholic tradition – not legitimately recognized by the Roman Church – this is the burial cloth in which the body of Jesus was wrapped after the crucifixion and, as a consequence, the image you see impressed on it would be some sort of “photograph” of Jesus Christ himself.

It is officially the most scientifically studied image in human history and, still nowadays, a fascinating mystery, because, despite what the press reports most of the times, there still isn’t a scientific explanation on how this image was produced.

In 1978 the Roman Church allowed a group of scientists, called the STURP, to analyze the cloth. Thanks to these studies, among the other things, we discovered that there’s no paint on the surface of the Shroud, the image on the Shroud is three-dimensional, there are effectively real and complete bloodstains with very high levels of bilirubin, typical of a corpse that was heavily tortured, the linen’s origin was to be placed around 1260-1390, during the Middle Ages.

Later some of these statements were doubted, especially the one concerning the dating of the linen.

If you want to read more about the story of the Shroud, the scientific studies, the theories pro and versus authenticity and the latest discoveries, check my complete article "Holy Shroud of Turin: the Mystery and the Endless Battle between Science and Religion".

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Yesterday a German customer spoke to me (in German) faking an Italian accent and making the infamous 🤌 gesture. I pat myself on the shoulder for not throwing hands, seriously. I hate the Internet so much lately, because I am pretty sure that customer saw the "🤌 meme" and thought she was being funny. One day someone will learn the truth the hard way: if you make this gesture to an Italian out of the blue/without context, it is rude and even kind of aggressive. Like saying "wtf do you want". Try it at your own risk.

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Christmas Markets in Bressanone/Brixen, South Tyrol - Italy.

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Sanremo 2024 - the post!

Hello everyone! Here you’ll find this year’s Sanremo’s stuff and news (I’ll be uploading this post through all the week). The Festival will start on Tuesday February 6th at 8:30 pm (it’ll probably have a 5 minutes “anteprima = preview” every night), and end on Saturday February 10th, when the final will be broadcasted.

/ Official website / you can find loads of videos and interviews here + the latest news. You can already find the presentation videos of the songs made by the artists.

Rai’s website dedicated section (here) | youtube playlist

TikTok official channel: @/sanremorai Instagram official: @/sanremorai Twitter official: @/SanremoRai Facebook: festivaldisanremo

Also this year we’ll have the PrimaFestival, the small show broadcasted on Rai1 at around 8:30 p.m. (February 4th - February 10th). The hosts are Paola & Chiara (singers), Mattia Stanga and Daniele Cabras (tiktokers).

I’m not sure if it’s gonna be like the usual Dopofestival, with the analysis of the show at the end of each night, but rumors are moving in this sense.

CasaSanremo- A website about Sanremo and all the artists who will take part, with more infos and interviews (also Italian places and food specialties will be shown). Follow them also on their Social Media Channels, usually they make live video/interviews/shows on FB for example.

On Sorrisi&Canzoni you will find also other infos about Sanremo and every lyrics’s explanation (ofc ask me if you need a translation)

The # on this blog is #sanremo 2024, #sanremo, #sanremo2024 you can black any of these (the first one in particular) if you want.

To watch it live:

Raiuno -> just click on the first video on the left, or here, to open the Raiuno streaming immediately (I added the whole Rai channels things in case you had troubles connecting directly and wanted to try from there). The RAI’s geoblock is usually removed for Sanremo’s week, no need to create accounts or whatsoever to enjoy Sanremo online!! Remember you can rewatch the whole event and each performance on Raiplay few minutes after it has happened (and the whole week will be avaiable as well for basically the whole following year).

FESTIVAL LIS - songs and whole exhibition explained in signs language

FANTASANREMO - this year as well you can play while enjoying your Sanremo! How does it work? Every person “buys” 5 artisti and marks one of them as a captain. As in the last years, artists will have to do or say something while on stage to help you gain points (and also classification will have a say).

I’ll try to write down some more infos/links through the week.

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Hosts & Guests + Other Stuff

This years’ host will still be Amadeus (who choose the songs taking part into this Sanremo), a TV and radio host. He will be accompanied by a different co-host each night: Marco Mengoni (singer; first night); Giorgia (singer; second night); Teresa Mannino (actress, comedian; third night); Lorella Cuccarini (actress, tv host, dancer, dance teacher in AMICI tv show; fourth night); Fiorello (tv and radio host, comedian, singer; last night).

Some of the one-night guests during the week will be:

How it works

There will be 30 singers in the ARTISTI (artists) section. It will be the only section, as last year. 27 artists were chosen by Amadeus, while the other 3 are the winners of Sanremo Giovani (held in December 2023). The winner of the competition will represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest: if he/she/they won’t accept, the choice will be another artist, usually the 2nd classified or the next (the first one accepting). This year we're gonna listen to all the 30 songs on the first night. The 2nd and 3rd night, we'll get to listen to 15 songs each night. The artisti that are not performing during the 2nd night will introduce the performing ones and vice versa on the 3rd night. The artisti introducing the performing artisti will be decided by a public draw during the Sanremo's press conferences on the 2nd and 3rd day. On the 4th night, there will be the usual “covers” night: the artisti this year can choose any song, national or international, from any year (until December 2023) and by anyone (even themselves).

Day 1 - co-hosts: Marco Mengoni Prob. guests: Marco Mengoni; We’ll listen to all the 30 songs (in order of performance: ). We'll have a first rank:

Day 2 - co-hosts: Giorgia Prob. guests: the non-performing 15 artists; Giovanni Allevi (musician); We'll listen to 15 artisti (in order of performance:) We’ll have an updated rank:

Day 3 - co-hosts: Teresa Mannino Prob. guests: the non-performing 15 artists; The 15 artisti that didn't perform yesterday will perform their entry to the contest (in order of appearance:) Classification after tonight:

Day 4 - co-hosts: Lorella Cuccarini Prob. guests: The 30 artists will present a song’s cover, each of them will perform together with a guest or more, unless they're already a band/group and will decide otherwise.

Covers’ list (in order of appearance):

Top 5 covers (all the other entries are considered as 6th):

We’ll also have a new general rank.

Day 5 - co-hosts: Fiorello Prob. guests: Roberto Bolle (dancer); All the 30 artisti will perform again their songs (in order of appearance: ) and after midnight (prob. more like 1.15/30 am.) we’ll know the competition’s first 5 classified and all the special awards winners. The first 5 classified will perform again and get new votes to decide the final standings. The winner will go to the #ESC2024.

And the winner is:

Final standing:

_______ will take part at the ESC 2024! Other Awards: - Premio della critica “Mia Martini” : - Premio della sala stampa “Lucio Dalla” : - Premio miglior testo “Sergio Bardotti” : - Premio miglior composizione musicale “Giancarlo Bigazzi” :

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Artists (+ lyrics):

Alessandra Amoroso - "Fino a qui"

Alfa - "Vai!"

Angelina Mango - "La noia"

Annalisa - "Sinceramente"

BigMama - "La rabbia non ti basta"

Bnkr44 - "Governo Punk"

Clara - "Diamanti grezzi"

Dargen D'Amico - "Onda alta"

Diodato - "Ti muovi"

Emma - "Apnea"

Fiorella Mannoia - "Mariposa"

Fred De Palma - "Il cielo non ci vuole"

Gazzelle - "Tutto qui"

Geolier - "I p' me, tu p' te"

Ghali - "Casa mia"

Il Tre - "Fragili"

Il Volo - "Capolavoro"

Irama - "Tu no"

La Sad - "Autodistruttivo"

Loredana Berté - "Pazza"

Mahmood - "Tuta gold"

Maninni - "Spettacolare"

Mr.Rain - "Due altalene"

Negramaro - "Ricominciamo tutto"

Renga e Nek - "Pazzo di te"

Ricchi e Poveri - "Ma non tutta la vita"

Rose Villain - "Click boom!"

Sangiovanni - "Finiscimi"

Santi Francesi - "L'amore in bocca"

The Kolors - "Un ragazzo una ragazza"

[all the lyrics can be found on this page]

(will edit with more updates, corrections and links as we get closer to the event)

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SANREMO GIOVANI is starting now December 19th 2023 9:40 PM GMT+2 on RAIUNO (you may need an Italian vpn to watch -not sure tho as it's still part of the Sanremo process: the 3 young artists taking part to next Sanremo will be revealed tonight)

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Domenico Gargiulo detto Micco Spadaro, Eruzione del Vesuvio del 1631 (1657), Museo e Certosa di San Martino, Napoli.

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Palazzo Vecchio - Florence, Italy

[From my Instagram]

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Fresco from Pompeii depicting a weeping Ariadne after being abandoned by Theseus on the island of Naxos, 1st century AD. Archaeological Museum of Naples, Italy

Source: Wikimedia Commons

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Fun Fact

Speaking of kiwis...it might seem odd, but for several years Italy had been the biggest producer of kiwis in the world! Crazy if you consider that kiwis were first imported in the country only at the end of the 20th century! Lately, due to a sudden decrease in production, we're third, after China and New Zealand.

Li vuoi quei kiwi? Se non vuoi quei kiwi, che kiwi vuoi?

tongue twister for y'all

(do you want those kiwis? if you don't want those kiwis, which kiwis do you want?)

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Mussels in Italian Language and Culture

La cozza (pl. le cozze)= mussel(s)

This is one of those instances, in which dialect terms take over the national language.

The word "cozze" belongs, in fact, to Southern Italian dialects, but it is so widely used that Italians think it's actually Standard Italian.

As a matter of fact, the proper Italian term is MITILI (MEDITERRANEI), but nobody really uses it.

Other terms used in the various regional dialects:

PEOCI in Veneto;

MOSCIOLI in the Marche region;

MUSCOLI in Liguria and in the Northern area of Tuscany. It derives from the Latin "musculus", from which originated also the German term "Muscheln", the English "mussels", the French "moules", etc.

IDIOMS RELATED TO COZZE:

"essere una cozza" (Lit. "To be a mussel"): offensive way to address a woman to say she's ugly;

"Attaccarsi come una cozza (allo scoglio)" [lit. "To cling as a mussel (to the rock)]: meaning to be extremely clingy.

COZZE AS FOOD

There's an Italian saying stating that mussels are good only "in the months without the R" (meaning gennaio, maggio, giugno, luglio, agosto).

MUSSELS-BASED DISHES TO TRY WHILE IN ITALY

Impepata di cozze (peppered mussels/steamed mussels with pepper): appetizer typical of Naples and Sicily;

Cozze gratinate (mussels au gratin): appetizer;

Cozze fritte (fried mussels): appetizer typical of the Apulia region;

Spaghetti with mussels: first course.

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Mussels in Italian Language and Culture

La cozza (pl. le cozze)= mussel(s)

This is one of those instances, in which dialect terms take over the national language.

The word "cozze" belongs, in fact, to Southern Italian dialects, but it is so widely used that Italians think it's actually Standard Italian.

As a matter of fact, the proper Italian term is MITILI (MEDITERRANEI), but nobody really uses it.

Other terms used in the various regional dialects:

PEOCI in Veneto;

MOSCIOLI in the Marche region;

MUSCOLI in Liguria and in the Northern area of Tuscany. It derives from the Latin "musculus", from which originated also the German term "Muscheln", the English "mussels", the French "moules", etc.

IDIOMS RELATED TO COZZE:

"essere una cozza" (Lit. "To be a mussel"): offensive way to address a woman to say she's ugly;

"Attaccarsi come una cozza (allo scoglio)" [lit. "To cling as a mussel (to the rock)]: meaning to be extremely clingy.

COZZE AS FOOD

There's an Italian saying stating that mussels are good only "in the months without the R" (meaning gennaio, maggio, giugno, luglio, agosto).

MUSSELS-BASED DISHES TO TRY WHILE IN ITALY

Impepata di cozze (peppered mussels/steamed mussels with pepper): appetizer typical of Naples and Sicily;

Cozze gratinate (mussels au gratin): appetizer;

Cozze fritte (fried mussels): appetizer typical of the Apulia region;

Spaghetti with mussels: first course.

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Sara - Unearth Italy. Find me on WordPress and Instagram.

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Ghost sculpture, Vezio, Italy. 🖤🤍

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to my italian followers or followers who know italian culture well: is it rude to accept offers immediately? whenever i offer people my food or drink they refuse without thinking

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Same in Northern Italy (at least in my corner of the world in Veneto).

Yeah, definitely. It's more like this "ceremony" of pretending to refuse for a couple of times before accepting 🤣

to my italian followers or followers who know italian culture well: is it rude to accept offers immediately? whenever i offer people my food or drink they refuse without thinking

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Reblogging this, so other Italians might see this post and give their own take on the topic.

I would say that yes, maybe there's this thing of not accepting offers immediately. When someone want to give us something, there's this tendency of not accepting straight away and say things like: "ma noooo, figurati!" ( which subtext is "no, it's fine, you don't have to worry about me!). The counterpart then insists and the other finally accepts showing hesitancy, saying something like: "Ma sei sicuro che posso?" ("Are you sure about that?")

And let's not talk about when someone wants to pay something for you, it starts a battle 🤣 It's not uncommon to meet someone and wanting to offer them a coffee in a bar. You see fights starting at the cashier with people shouting: "Pago io!", "No, pago io!!" ("I pay for you!", "No, I will pay for you!!)

Having said that, don't worry too much if you have accepted right away something they have offered you. They know you have a different culture. The important thing is not to forget to thank them 🥰

to my italian followers or followers who know italian culture well: is it rude to accept offers immediately? whenever i offer people my food or drink they refuse without thinking