Befanini : The Final Sweep on the Christmas Season
“La Befana vien di notte, con le scarpe tutte rotte. Col vestito alla romana, Viva, Viva La Befana!” (“The Befana comes by night, with her shoes all tattered and torn. She comes dressed in Roman clothes, long live La Befana”) These rhyming versus in Italian may not resonate with everyone but for me they signify […]
La Befana Traditions are so Coal!
La Befana is one of Italy’s oldest and most celebrated legends. Each year on January 6 the children of Italy awaken in hopes that La Befana has made a visit to their house. In popular folklore La Befana sheltered the three wise men during their travels but declined to visit the baby Jesus as she […]