A day around Bari - A students' report

Today we are talking about Bari but, first of all, we would like you to know something more about our city. Click on the links below and you will get some information.

http://www.italyworldclub.com/puglia/bari/bari.htm

http://www.italyheaven.co.uk/puglia/bari.html

You can also watch the "We are happy" video from Bari to see how nice people from this town are!

Our report

Last weekend we went to Bari (we live in Gioia del Colle, a little town near Bari). Bari is the capital city of our region, Puglia, and it is a big town by the Adriatic sea.

It was a beautiful day, the sun was shining and it was warm. So we decided to go for a walk on the promenade. 

Bari has got a very long seafront! We walked for hours and we even saw boats and fishermen coming back to the port after their fishing trip.

Then, we decided to go to the "Old Town". It is the older part of the city and it is very close to the promenade. There are a lot of picturesque alleys and you can eat the "popizze" and "sgagliozze", a sort of fried polenta cooked by the women of the old town.

In this period the "Bifest", a festival of the cinema, is held in Bari. So there are a lot of events in all the theatres and cinemas of the town. 
http://www.bifest.it/en/
There are also many famous actors around the streets!

Unfortunately we didn't meet any actor....but on the other hand we saw a famous teacher on the red carpet!!!

Mrs Martino 

Some pictures we took

If you need some more information about Puglia you can read a post of our teacher:

http://thetravellingteachers.blogspot.it/2014/02/travelling-into-italian-culture-puglia.html

Have fun and visit Puglia!!

Francesca P. and Valeria S.
I.C. Losapio - S.F. Neri, Gioia del Colle

Travelling into Italian culture - Puglia

Puglia (or Apulia) is the "heel" of Italy.

Click on the following Thinglink image I've created to have some information:

   

https://www.thinglink.com/scene/481523444043743233

I've also created a  presentation with Blendspace . You can find videos, pictures, recipes and information about Apulia: 

 






https://www.blendspace.com/lessons/z47IiKrUtFiKkw/visit-puglia 

And now some information by my students about their town:

In this blog we usually travel around the world and study different cultures, now we want to talk about ourselves! Our school is in Gioia del Colle, Puglia. It literally means "Joy of the Hill" and it is located on the Murge plateau at 360 metres above the sea level.

There is a famous Castle, built in the 12th century, during the time of Norman Count Riccardo Siniscalco d'Altavilla. Destroyed by William the Wicked of Sicily, the castle was rebuilt in 1230 by Emperor Frederick II.

Gioia del Colle is famous for its fantastic "mozzarella"!

This is our school

 

http://www.iclosapiosanfilipponeri.gov.it/

At the following link you can have some information about some monuments of Gioia del Colle:

http://www.infopointbari.com/index.php?pag=luoghi&tipo=Monumenti&citta_s=Gioia+del+Colle&action=Filtra&p=1

Come and visit Puglia!!

Travelling into Italian culture - La Befana, an Italian festival

January, 6th is a national holiday in Italy called Epifania. 

The name "Epifania" means appearance or manifestation. It is a derivative of the Greek word Epiphaneia. The name refers to the Epiphany, the yearly Christian festival which commemorates the visit of the three wise men.

 Italy's traditional celebration includes the tale of a witch known as La Befana who arrives on her broomstick during the night of January 5th and fills the stockings with toys and sweets for the good children and lumps of coal for the bad ones.

According to the legend, the night before the Wise Men arrived at the manger they stopped at the house of an old woman to ask directions. They invited her to come along but she said that she was too busy cleaning her house. 

Later that night, she saw a great light in the sky and decided to join the Wise Men and to bear some gifts that had belonged to her child who had died. She got lost and never found the manger.

Now La Befana flies around on her broomstick each year on the night of January 5th, bringing gifts to children in hopes that she might find the Baby Jesus. 

In Italy, La Befana is loved as much as Santa Claus. She is usually portrayed as an old woman who wears a black shawl and rides a broomstick. Figures of this character are sold in shops in Italy around January 6th.

The arrival of la Befana marks the end of the long holiday season in Italy.

 Watch this video about La Befana festival in Piazza Navona, Rome.

 

Did you get sweets ...or coal?

















This is a reportage from a student:
I went to Rome on January, 6th. In Piazza Navona there were a lot of people, expecially American and British. They were curious about la Befana! It is a typical Italian holiday. These are some photos i took there. Valerio Vinci, III D