Italy’s legend of the blackbird and the last three days of January
Author: Ylenia Azzaro – JUMP Team (Italy) Italian folklore celebrates the Giorni della Merla amid hopes for a beautiful spring One of Italy’s best…
Spanish Experience in Calabria: San Vito Cheese Farm
By Reyes Martínez – ESID Liceo la Paz We started our day having free time in the morning so we went to the beach.…
Spanish Experience in Calabria: Soverato Superiore
By Alberto Miranda – ESID Liceo la Paz On the first day, in the afternoon, we went to Soverato Superiore, the upper part of…
Kaulonia Tarantella Festival
By Roberta Muratore – JUMP Team Calabria has been a land of encounters between different cultures since time immemorial. The Greeks landed on its…
Stockfish and Baccalà (from Calabria) European Food and culture
By Giuseppe Perrotti (JUMP Team) Calabria, although being surrounded by the sea on three sides, does not have a very long fishing history.Because of…
The ‘Madonna a Mare’ celebration in Soverato
By Francesco Tirinato – JUMP (Italy) The procession of the Virgin Mary of Porto Salvo, commonly called ‘Madonna a mare’, takes place every year…
The Roccella Jazz Festival
By Francesco Tirinato – Jump Team The Roccella Jazz Festival – Rumori Mediterranei constitutes a milestone in the field of cultural events in Calabria,…
Crazy People Day _ July 21st in Amantea (Cosenza) – Italy
By Elvira De Luca Until the beginning of the Seventies, in Amantea (Calabria) July 21st was a special day for many young people, especially…
The Symbolism contained in Apotropaic Masks
By Francesco Tirinato – Jump Team The term apotropaic derives from the Greek “αποτρέπειν”, “apotrépein” ” meaning to ward off” and refers to symbols,…
The ancient production of silk in Calabria is reborn in San Floro thanks to “Il Nido di Seta”
By Francesco Tirinato The Nido di Seta Cooperative was founded in 2014 in San Floro, a town in the province of Catanzaro, which at…