Month: December 2013
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New Year’s Sicilian Style
To celebrate New Year’s Eve Italian-style (many modern Sicilians are following Italian traditions), wear red underwear and eat lentils. Both are considered to bring good fortune for the year ahead. Lentils from the Sicilian island of Ustica are world-renowned, and because lentils resemble coins, that’s where the good fortune comes in. Wearing red underwear bring…
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Making cannoli cream is not too difficult; however, each chef has his or her own secrets to make their’s special. That could be a secret ingredient or how he or she massages the ricotta and for how long. #cannoli #connolicream #crema #dessert #dolci #food #cibo #sicily #sicilia #italy #italia #sicilytravel #sicily_travel #sicilytourism #sicily_tourism #siciliabedda #siciliaph…
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La Vucciria market is a feast for the eyes. Dried fruit and roasted nuts are only some of the hundreds of delights available daily in this outdoor maze of stalls and vendors hawking their bounties. #palermo #lavucciria #vucciria #driedfruit #fruttasecca #nuts #noce #dates #datteri #sicily #sicilia #sicily_tourism #italy #ig_sicily #italia #siciliaph #siciliafoto #igerssicilia #instasicilia #ig_sicily…
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Santo Vitale is a very talented drum maker and percussionist based in Palermo. He made one of my favorite drums—the one I play most often. Santo is a member of La Bottega delle Percussioni. More at www.santovitalepercussioni.it #palermo #drums #drum #tamburelli #tamburello #percussion #santovitale #bottegadellepercussioni #music #musica #folkmusic #musicafolk #sicily #sicilia #sicily_tourism #italy #ig_sicily #italia…
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Ceramic containers designed to resemble vegetables. #museopitre #museoetnografico #palermo #sicily #sicilia #siciliabedda #italy #italia #sicily_tourism #sicilytourism #sicilytravel #sicily_travel #ig_sicily #siciliaph #siciliafoto #fotosicilia #igerssicilia #instasicilia #ig_sicily #igfriends_sicilia #ig_palermo #gf_italy #experiencesicily
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Evening Gown From Caltagirone, Sicily
Evening gown from Caltagirone, 1850s. #gown #abito #19thcentury #caltagirone #sicily #sicilia #siciliabedda #italy #italia #sicily_tourism #sicilytourism #sicilytravel #sicily_travel #ig_sicily #siciliaph #siciliafoto #fotosicilia #igerssicilia #instasicilia #ig_sicily #igfriends_sicilia #gf_italy #experiencesicily
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Mother and child statue from the Baroque era Chiesa di Santa Chiara in Noto. Merry Christmas, Buon Natale, Bon Natali! #motherandchild #madonnaconbambino #chiesasantachiara #noto #siracusa #sicily #sicilia #siciliabedda #italy #italia #sicily_tourism #sicilytourism #sicilytravel #sicily_travel #ig_sicily #siciliaph #siciliafoto #fotosicilia #igerssicilia #instasicilia #ig_sicily #igfriends_sicilia #gf_italy #experiencesicily
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At Christmas, we acknowledge the power of the great mother and all she brings to our lives. Merry Christmas, Buon Natale, and as Sicilians say, Bon Natali. This painting, found on a cart painted by Giuseppe and Michele Ducato of Bagheria and located in a passageway in Lo Zingaro Nature Reserve, is of Our Lady…
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Christmas Eve in Sicily is known as La Vigilia di Natale. Fish, such as sardines, tuna, and shrimp, are principally eaten in observance of this very holy eve. #lavigilia #chirstmaseve #feast7fishes #feastofthesevenfishes #pesce #sarde #sardines #fish #food #cibo #sicily #sicilia #siciliabedda #italy #italia #sicilytourism #sicilytravel #ig_sicily #siciliaph #siciliafoto #fotosicilia #igerssicilia #instasicilia #ig_sicily #igfriends_sicilia #ig_palermo #igerpalermo …