BROOME COUNTY, NY (WIVT/WBGH) - Students at Union Endicott learned about Italy's version of Santa Claus, who is actually a mysterious witch who flies around on her broom. Every year, on Epiphany Eve, which is the night of January 5th, Italians celebrate a tradition similar to Santa, called La Befana. Today, students at Thomas Watson Elementary received a visit from Befana herself. Befana only spoke in Italian, but students from UE's Italian Club…

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The Befana's flight with the fire brigade in Piazza Navona - Primopiano

Rome, January 5, 2025 — “The Befana comes at night, with her shoes all broken...”, as a well-known Italian nursery rhyme goes. It is celebrated on January 6, it is traditionally associated with the Epiphany and the Three Kings, and symbolically ends the Christmas season with a blow of the broom. This figure has very ancient origins, which still date back to the Roman Empire. Even the etymology of the name comes from afar: it would derive from th…

Roma, 5 gennaio 2025 – "La Befana vien di notte, con le scarpe tutte rotte…”, come recita una nota filastrocca italiana. Si festeggia il 6 gennaio, è tradizionalmente associata all’Epifania e ai Re Magi, e simbolicamente arriva a concludere il periodo natalizio con un colpo di scopa. Questa figura ha origini molto antiche, che risalgono ancora all’Impero Romano. Anche l’etimologia del nome proviene da lontano: deriverebbe dalla progressiva corru…

La storia della Befana tra leggende e curiosità, perché si chiama così e come mai porta la calza

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The story of the Befana between legends and curiosities, why is she called that and why she wears socks

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Union Endicott students learn Italy's El Befana

Everyone with their noses in the air to watch the classic flight. Hundreds of Romans, tourists and curious people filled Piazza Navona in Rome today, Sunday 6 January, to watch the Befana glide, which symbolically concludes the Christmas holidays. An event that has become unmissable, which this year...

Tutti col naso all’insù per assistere al classico volo. Centinaia di romani, turisti e curiosi hanno riempito, oggi domenica 6 gennaio, piazza Navona a Roma per assistere alla planata della Befana che, simbolicamente, conclude le feste di Natale. Un appuntamento ormai imperdibile che, quest’anno...

Epifania a Roma, piazza Navona gremita per il volo della Befana

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Epiphany in Rome, Piazza Navona crowded for the flight of the Befana

The Dante Club celebrated Epiphany with the Italian legend of ‘La Befana,’ the old woman who fills children’s stockings with gifts on Jan. 6 every year.

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'La Befana' legend comes to life a The Dante Club

Italy marks 6 January with a public holiday.
Rome's festive season comes to an end on Monday 6 January, a national public holiday in Italy, with the arrival of La Befana in Piazza Navona in the city's historic centre.
The event, which begins at 10.30, will see the witch-like character "fly" into the piazza from the belltower of the church of S. Agnese in Agone, against the backdrop of live music performed by the Italian fire brigade band.
A fire…

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Italy celebrates La Befana tradition in Rome

On January 6, 2025, the Regata delle Befane, a Venetian tradition, will bring the Grand Canal to life. This unique event combines the city's love for rowing with the festive spirit of Epiphany, creating a spectacle that draws locals and tourists alike.
What Is the Regata delle Befane?
The Regata delle Befane is a rowing race featuring participants dressed as the Befana, a traditional figure in Italian folklore who delivers gifts to children on t…

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Venice Celebrates Tradition with the Regata delle Befane

The traditional flight of the Befana, among the children's upturned noses, in the beautiful setting of Piazza Navona, concluded the Christmas season in Rome. Like every year, the Befana riding a broom, suspended from the fire truck, has soared above Bernini's monumental fountain, which this year presents itself in a restored and renewed guise, as well as the other two that adorn the area. The Flight of the Befana is a sort of rescue that begins …

Il tradizionale volo della Befana, tra i nasi all’insù dei bambini, nella splendida cornice di piazza Navona, ha concluso il periodo delle festività natalizie a Roma. Come ogni anno la Befana a cavallo di una scopa, sospesa all’autoscala dei pompieri, ha svettato sulla fontana monumentale del Bernini che quest’anno si presenta in una veste restaurata e rinnovata, così come le altre due che ornano l’area. Il volo della Befana è una sorta di salva…

Union Endicott students learn Italy's El Befana

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