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27 December / The Smoke Nights
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The Smoke Nights In the folklore of the German-speaking lands, when “The Twelves” are counted, it’s not a matter of days but uneasy nights. The period is regarded as a sort of calendric limbo in which one year dissolves into the other, and the otherworldly leaks into the mundane. During this time, our ancestors come to visit us. Please leave the dining table full...

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Everyone is Neapolitan at Christmas. Be a real one.
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Cheerful, traditional, exaggerated – and a foodie. That’s how Neapolitans are almost every day, and especially at Christmas. For tips on how to adopt their lifestyle, Pasta Garofalo and I will take you through the essential steps to have a real Neapolitan Christmas and New Year. Get ready to take the coming festivities seriously. #PastaGarofalo #XMasInNaples 8th December http://www.fabriziodibaldo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/01_Presepe_rev_1.mp4 The Nativity Scene “Here, put him close...

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Sleeping beauty: and islamic tale
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“… When Haris finally saw the Kabah, he stood in awe of the House that Abraham had built. He then circulated the Kabah and walked between Safa and Marwa. Haris supplicated throughout his pilgrimage, asking for God’s forgiveness, guidance and protection”. Artwork for Islamic Foundation® – All Rights...

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Imperatori d’Oriente
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                                            Alessio I Commeno (1056-1118)                                                 Andronico IV Paleologo (1348-1385)                    ...

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Sette peccati capitali: invidia (Purgatorio, XIII)
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                                                E come a li orbi non approda il sole, così a l’ombre quivi, ond’io parlo ora, luce del ciel di sé largir non vole; ché a tutti un fil di ferro i cigli fóra e cusce sì, come a sparvier...

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Farinata degli Uberti
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    Ed el mi disse “Volgiti! che fai? Vedi là Farinata che s’è dritto: da la cintola in sù tutto ‘l vedrai”. Io ave a già il mio viso nel suo fitto; ed el s’ergea col petto e con la fronte com’avesse l’inferno a gran dispitto.  Inferno, X,...

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Minosse
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    “Così discesi del cerchio primaio giù nel secondo, che men loco cinghia, e tanto più dolor, che punge a guaio. Stavvi Minòs orribilmente, e ringhia: essamina le colpe ne l’intrata; giudica e manda secondo ch’avvinghia. Dico che quando l’anima mal nata li vien dinanzi, tutta si confessa; e quel conoscitor de le peccata vede qual loco d’inferno è da essa; cignesi con...

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