Bidding winter farewell in Gniezno, Greater Poland
fot.: Józef Burszta / wikimedia commons Fot. Archiwum Polska Times
Calabrian meatballs on Shrove Tuesday!
By Francesco Tirinato – Jump Team The word carnival comes from the Latin carnem levare (to remove the flesh), as it referred to the…
A Museum of Instruments and Popular Music from Calabria
By Francesco Tirinato – Jump Team Traditional Calabrian music is rooted in sounds and dances that for centuries have marked moments and anniversaries in…
Entroido: the ancient tradition of Galician Carnival
We start the most colorful celebration of the year and with it come the troupes, the party, the delirium, and the debauchery. As we…
The master potters of Gerocarne
By Francesco Tirinato – Jump Team Gerocarne is a small village located on the Tyrrhenian side of the “Calabrian Serre”. Doubts remain about the origin…
Chiacchiere – The typical delicious Calabrian Carnival sweet
By Ylenia Azzaro – JUMP Team (Italy) It’s almost Carnival in Italy and we are ready to celebrate these days with many sweets and…
“Calabrisella”: the traditional song of Calabria
By Francesco Tirinato – Jump Team Popular love songs have always been at the heart of Calabrian tradition. When a young man fell in…
The “Vasche and Vivarium” of Cassiodoro in Copanello di Stalettì, a spiritual, cultural and scientific nourishment for all humanity
By Ylenia Azzaro (JUMP Team – Italy) In the province of Catanzaro, along the “Coast of Oranges”, there are the beautiful “Vasche and Vivarium”…
The ancient custom of ‘Candelora’
By Francesco Tirinato – JUMP Team (Italy) Every year, on 2 February, the custom of ‘Candelora’ is celebrated.The first evidence of this feast dates…
Hotel Bazar and its role in the Greater Poland Uprising
The Greater Poland uprising of 1918–1919, called also Wielkopolska uprising of 1918–1919), or Posnanian War (in Polish: Powstanie Wielkopolskie) was a military insurrection of…