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Professor Antonio - Le origini del presepe

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy Neapolitan

For many Italians, putting up a presepe (manger scene or crèche) at Christmas time is as, if not more important than putting up a Christmas tree. Antonio talks about the traditions concerning its origins, two thousand and eleven years ago.

Professor Antonio - Il presepe, la diffusione e qualche curiosità

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Antonio explains that the Italian tradition of constructing a nativity scene during the Christmas season had it origins in the thirteenth century, when Saint Francis of Assisi organized the first live re-enactment of the birth of Jesus. It soon spread to all of Italy, but above all to the Kingdom of Naples, where everyone got involved, from the poorest family to the King himself.

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