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It is the Easter counterpart of the two well-known Italian Christmas desserts, panettone and pandoro. Easter in Italy ( Italian: Pasqua, pronounced [ˈpaskwa]) is one of the country's major holidays. [1] Easter in Italy enters Holy Week with Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday, concluding with Easter Day and Easter Monday.
Until 1977 the following were also considered public holidays in Italy for civil purposes: [6] 19 March, Saint Joseph Day; 40 days after Easter, Ascension of Jesus; 60 days after Easter, Corpus Christi; 29 June, Saints Peter and Paul, patron saints of Rome (it remained a public holiday only in the municipality of Rome);
The Feast of the Ascension of Jesus Christ [1] (also called the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, Ascension Day, Ascension Thursday, or sometimes Holy Thursday [2] [3]) commemorates the Christian belief of the bodily Ascension of Jesus into Heaven. It is one of the ecumenical (shared by multiple denominations) feasts of Christian churches ...
In Spain, Easter Monday is an official public holiday in Catalonia, the Land of Valencia, the Balearic Islands, Navarre, the Basque Country, Cantabria, and La Rioja. [14] In Catalonia, the Land of Valencia, and Murcia a feature of this day is a pastry called Easter mona. [15] It is usually given by godparents to their godchildren, and it is ...
In Poland, pouring water on one another is an Easter tradition called Śmigus-dyngus, a.k.a. Wet Monday. People gather on Easter Monday to try and drench each other with buckets of water, squirt ...
Corpus Christi is a moveable feast, celebrated on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday, [11] 60 days after Easter, or, in countries where it is not a holy day of obligation, on the following Sunday. [57] The earliest possible Thursday celebration falls on May 21 (as in 1818 and 2285), the latest on June 24 (as in 1943 and 2038).
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. Maria Santissima Madre di Dio. 6 January. Epiphany. Epifania del Signore. 11 February. Lateran Treaty Day. Anniversario della istituzione dello Stato della Città del Vaticano. Commemorates the 1929 signing of the Lateran Treaty, which established Vatican City as a sovereign state.
Carnival in Italy. Carnival in Italy is a farewell party to eat, drink, and have fun before the limitations and solemnity of Lent. About a month before Ash Wednesday, Italians celebrate over many weekends with parades, masks, and confetti. The origins of this event may be traced to ancient Greece and Rome, when they worshipped Bacchus and Saturn.