Schools in fascist Italy banned the study of dialects and moved to using standardized textbooks. The fascist hymn “Viva Adua nostra” refers to a battle won by the Kingdom of Italy in 1896 near Adwa, Ethiopia.
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Caption 26 [it]: Apriamo la scuola allo studio della lingua e dell'arte dialettale Caption 26 [en]: We open the school up for the study of language and the art of dialect
Don't miss the last part of Marika and Anna's encounter with Signora Giuseppina of the Trattoria al Biondo Tevere. You'll hear about a 56 year-old fridge, five weddings in one day, and sheep who do gardening.
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Caption 65 [it]: Se no arrivano... da, da sotto possono arrivà [arrivare] i topi, le serpi, Caption 65 [en]: Otherwise they'll come... from, from below, mice and snakes can come.
Terre d'acqua means water-lands. We are talking about the once marshy area which has now become the fertile Po valley. Gualtiero Marchesi is considered to be the founder of the new Italian cuisine, and is perhaps the best known Italian chef in the world. He begins telling us his story.
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Caption 28 [it]: nel senso che non mi abbiano seguito, non mi abbiano Caption 28 [en]: in the sense that they didn't keep after me, they didn't
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