Polychrome lithograph of the Nativity
Museo Nazionale delle Arti e Tradizioni Popolari
(National Museum of Folk Arts and Traditions)
Polychrome lithograph of the Nativity
Museo Nazionale delle Arti e Tradizioni Popolari
(National Museum of Folk Arts and Traditions).
Trentino, Alto Adige
Box with wooden Nativity scene
Collection : Toschi, 1940
Museo Nazionale delle Arti e Tradizioni Popolari
(National Museum of Folk Arts and Traditions)
Trentino, Alto Adige
Box with wooden Nativity scene
Collection : Toschi, 1940
Museo Nazionale delle Arti e Tradizioni Popolari
(National Museum of Folk Arts and Traditions)
(Campania)
Neapolitan Nativity figure: angel
Collection : D'Achiardi, 1911
Museo Nazionale delle Arti e Tradizioni Popolari
(National Museum of Folk Arts and Traditions)
(Campania)
Neapolitan Nativity figure
(collection : D'Achiardi, 1911)
Museo Nazionale delle Arti e Tradizioni Popolari
(National Museum of Folk Arts and Traditions)
Castiglion Fiorentino (Tuscany)
Epiphany stocking (with gifts)
Photo: R. Lodovici, 1979
Photo archives of the Museo Nazionale delle Arti e Tradizioni Popolari
Castiglion Fiorentino (Tuscany)
Epiphany stocking (with gifts)
Photo: R. Lodovici, 1979
Photo archives of the Museo Nazionale delle Arti e Tradizioni Popolari
Rome (Lazio)
Christmas fair in the Piazza Navona
Photo: V.Contino, 1969
Photo archives of the Museo Nazionale delle Arti e Tradizioni Popolari
Gioia Tauro (Calabria)
Christmas collection: musicians
Photo: P. Ciambelli, 1979
Photographic archives of the Museo Nazionale delle Arti e Tradizioni Popolari
LLithograph of accordion player
Museo Nazionale delle Arti e Tradizioni Popolari
(National Museum of Folk Arts and Traditions)
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Christmas
Christmas is one of the most characteristic festivals of both Italian tradition and Christian culture. The birth of Christ is celebrated as the symbolic renewal of the world. In antiquity, the Christmas season coincided with the Saturnalia, rituals with a carnival atmosphere that were actually propitiatory winter festivals. The Christian festival that replaced them has a universal significance, and is celebrated with different customs in various cultures. In Italy, Christmas is mainly a family celebration. There is an exchange of gifts, echoing the presentation of offerings to the baby Jesus according to religious tradition, and every home has a model of the Nativity scene. In this way, each family becomes part of a world that renews itself symbolically by celebrating Christmas and the myth of the birth of the baby Jesus. |
