Italy

-         Cari Signore e signori! Siamo felici voi salutare al nostro carnevale. I nostri ospiti sono arrivati dalle paesi diversi specialmento per fare conoscenza con la nostra cultura, con lae nostre tradizioni e con le particolarita di carratere nazionale.

-         Ladies and gentlemen, our carnaval is open. Today we are speaking about our people, traditions and customs taking into consideration total globalization. The process of integration has always been natural all over the world. New countries have always appeared and disappeared on the map through centuries. Some time ago peoples living on this peninsula decided to found a great country called Italy nowadays. As you see, speaking about Italians we mean a super ethnos consisting of some ethnicities.

-         Getting to know a country we usually want to know more about national character, some traits we should obligatory consider dealing with people. I heard that Italians are very communicative people.

-         In spite of globalization and mixing different cultures, Italians are still emotional and passionate. On the one hand, they are talkers with expressive mimicry and active gesticulation to attract their interlocutor’s attention in any way. But on the other hand, they are staid, caring of home and family. Italian men are gallant towards women, but their family is something saint; and as a rule any family man has photos of his wife and children with him.  

-         I was told that Italian family traditions can be an example for most people. In this country respect to parents has always been important; even at a mature age a man is connected with his "first family” more than to his spouse. In any family elderly people rule everything. Asking for advice the young apply to the oldest in any company.

-         We can say daily dinner siestas strengthen family relations. Traditionally at this time all relatives spend time communicating and sharing a meal. At this time all shops and banks are closed. 

-         In spite of globalization Italy has kept some pretty holidays traditions. New Year in Italy is called "Capodanno” that means "the head of the year.” The role of Father Frost is played by Babbo Natale. He is a kind wizard with a beard who goes down from the mountains. At Christmas gifts are brought by Fairy Befana who flies on a broom. She puts some gifts into stockings. But children who have bad marks at school get some pieces of coal instead of gifts.

-         There is another ancient tradition: people get rid of old things through windows at New Year. And on the fist of January before sunrise people brought "new water” from a well. They consider such water brings happiness to them.

-         When being in Italy we can see that Italians pay special attention to their appearance. They are always dressed in a proper way. Founders of almost all the most famous fashion houses are Italians. Who has the most developed sense of style? Italians. Which country has most popular brands? Italy. Where do we go for the most beautiful clothes? To Italy.

-         In Italy clothes are an important means of self-expression, a language of wishes and an instrument with which you can express your mood and preferences. Most Italian films were made under fashion influence. In Italy fashion stepped from podiums not only into streets but into cinema, sports, theatre, education and politics.

-         For Italians fashion has become a more social and available conception. Evidently fashion is in their blood, mentality and cause of the wish to show the entire world how capable, talented, unique, intelligent they are and how wonderful their country is.

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-          What a beautiful melody!!! It is fantastic. I know Italy is a music(al) country. There are so many world –famous singers: Eros Ramazzotti, Luciano Pavarotti. Will you tell me about peculiar features of Italian music?

-          The history of Italy includes the development of an opera tradition that has spread throughout the world. Instrumental and vocal classical music is an iconic part of Italian national identity. Italian music has kept elements of the many peoples that have dominated or influenced the country, including the French and Spanish. In spite of globalization and mixing different cultures Italian music is unique. 

-          Not long ago I was in London in the National gallery and saw some paintings of Italian artists. Italian art is actual in any time.

-            You can see a lot of masterpieces of  Italian art in museums all over the world. Today, Italy has an important place in the international art scene. You see, such   movements   as the Macchiaioli, Futurism, Metaphysical, Novecento Italiano, Spatialism, Arte Povera and Transavantgarde were originated in Italy. Italian art has influenced major movements throughout the centuries and has produced great artists, including painters and sculptors (Donatello , Leonardo da Vinci , Michelangelo Buonarroti , Botticelli , Raphael ). 

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-          Italian cinematograph is famous for Neorealism. Italy has produced such movie stars as  Adriano Celentano, Gina Lollobrigida, Roberto Benigni.  Sophia Loren was the first actress to win an Academy Award for a performance in any foreign language. I like the films which are produced by Fellini, Luchino Visconti, Liliana Cavani.

-          Good health is above wealth. Italians are as heavily into sports as they are into eating. Cycling, basketball, rugby, volleyball and other winter and water sports are part of the historical sporting tradition of the country. The Italians have a strong love for football.

-          Football became popular in Italy because of rapid migration, urbanization and industrialization. So football was an accessible, enjoyable medium

of cross-cultural socialization. Thanks to the globalization   football is a national sport.

-         As we can see the process of globalization makes a great influence on the development of Italy. Globalization removes borders between cultures of various countries. Culture and globalization have really become interwoven aspects in modern lives.  And the Italians share fashion, masterpieces of their writers, artists, sculptors and architects. All modern history of the country is developing before our eyes encourages image of Italy as a country of beauty, art and love.