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Festivals

Italians love celebrating, especially with the whole family all together. There are several religious ans pagan festivals:

Religious festivals

  • 6th January: Epiphany
  • March-April: Easter and Easter Monday
  • 15th August: The Assumption
  • 1st November: All Saints Day
  • 8th December: Immaculate Conception Feast
  • 25th December: Christmas
  • 26th December: St. Stephen’s Day

Pagan festivals

  • 1st January: New Year’s Day
  • 25th April: Liberation Day: commemorating the liberation of Italy by Allied troops, marking the end of 2nd World War
  • 1st May: May bank holiday: very popular among workers throughout the peninsula, who celebrate this holiday with concerts and events all over Italy - the concert held in Rome every year in honour of Italian workers is abounding in talent and completely packed
  • 2nd June: Festival of the Republic: elebrated every day with a military parade hosted in the capital before the President of the Republic