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In Italy, the festive season doesn’t truly end until January 6th, the day of the Epiphany. This holiday is celebrated with unique traditions, the most famous being the legend of La Befana. A figure deeply rooted in Italian culture, La Befana is depicted as an elderly woman flying on a broomstick, carrying a sack filled with treats for well-behaved...

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The Italian American community knows Jean Parisi best as La Befana, the good Christmas witch who made appearances for decades at yuletide celebrations throughout the Chicago area. But that’s just the tip of the cultural iceberg for this veteran community arts activist. Over the decades, she has created massive community art installations, staged pl...

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St. Raymond Elementary School in Tremont Ave, Bronx, NY recently experienced a magical day filled with excitement, joy, and valuable life lessons as they hosted not one but two captivating bilingual shows for grades K-8.  Incanto Productions, Italian Queens-based theater company, specialized in multicultural and multilingual productions for schools...

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In Italy, a country that exudes centuries-old traditions rooted in Christianity, there exists a holiday that captures the imagination of both young and old alike every Jan. 6. The holiday — known as La Befana — is a unique blend of religion and folklore that marks the end of the Christmas season. La Befana is often referred to as the “Christmas wit...

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Sunday, January 7, 2024 • 1:00 - 4:00pm. Children Under 16 Are FREE - Adults $15. At the Italian Center: 6821 Fair Oaks Blvd, Carmichael 95608. The Epiphany Feast, or La Befana, is an important part of the Christmas celebrations in Italy. One of Italy's oldest and most renowned legends, "La Befana," is honored with special events throughout Italy o...

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Every year on 6 January, I find myself drawn to the Renaissance town of Urbania, in the elegantly rolling hills of the central Italian region of Marche. Located around an hour south-west of coastal Pesaro – which Italy has crowned its Capital of Culture for 2024 – barely 6,000 residents live inside Urbania’s medieval walls. Yet tens of thousands mo...

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The Italian American Club, 2217 52nd St., features a Brunch with Befana on Sunday, Jan. 7. The event, from 9 a.m. to noon, is hosted by the Italian American Ladies Auxiliary. The buffet meal includes a sausage and cheese frittata, potatoes, ham, fruit, French toast, croissants, juice, milk and coffee. The cost is $18 for adults and $10 for children...

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Come and join us for a fun afternoon playing the Italian traditional Tombola game: A children’s event brought to you by Comites San Francisco, Il Punto and Casa Italiana. Also there will be an appearance by La Befana herself! La Befana is a friendly witch in Italian folklore who delivers gifts for the good children, and lumps of coal to the bad one...

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Italians celebrate the religious feast of the Epiphany, or the more popular folklore version of La Befana, on 6 January which falls on a Friday in 2023. The Epiphany is a national holiday across Italy, with public offices closed, and marks the official end of the Christmas season. In the Bible tradition the feast of the Epiphany is when the Three W...

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One of Italy’s oldest and most renowned legends “The Legend Of La Befana" is honored with special events throughout Italy on this holiday. In Sacramento and other Italian communities in the United States it has been a tradition to celebrate the day with a children’s festival. On January 8, 2023, La Befana will visit the children of Sacramento with...

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