{"id":101,"date":"2009-03-07T15:30:38","date_gmt":"2009-03-07T19:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=101"},"modified":"2018-09-12T13:51:43","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T11:51:43","slug":"la-festa-della-donna-e-la-mimosa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/la-festa-della-donna-e-la-mimosa\/","title":{"rendered":"La Festa della Donna e La Mimosa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunday the 8th of March is International Women\u2019s Day, a festival which\u00a0will be\u00a0celebrated around the world. Here in Italy\u00a0this very popular festival is\u00a0called\u00a0 La<\/strong> Festa della Donna<\/strong>. In 1946 the Unione Donna Italiana<\/strong> (Italian Woman Union), whilst preparing for the celebrations of the 8th of March,\u00a0decided to choose an object to symbolize the event. The choice fell on the bright yellow flowers of the Mimosa<\/strong>, which is in blossom at the beginning of March, and since then this plant has become the\u00a0symbol of La<\/em> Festa della Donna<\/em>.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

The success of\u00a0the Mimosa as an emblem of Women\u2019s Day\u00a0is due not only to the fact that it\u00a0blossoms at this time of year, but also to its bright yellow color,\u00a0a\u00a0symbol of vitality and joy which\u00a0represents the passage from death to life. In addition to\u00a0this, despite its fragile look the Mimosa is, appropriately,\u00a0very resilient! It\u00a0has become a\u00a0tradition that men will\u00a0buy small sprigs of Mimosa which they will\u00a0then offer to women, and part of the proceedings from the sale go to support projects related to women\u2019s causes, such as shelters for women subject to violence, breast cancer research, or co-operatives run by women in Third World Countries.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Mimosa belongs to the Acacia family and the most popular variety grown here in Italy is the Acacia Dealbata <\/em>which, given the right conditions, grows to a height of around 20-30 feet. Originally from Tasmania,\u00a0this beautiful tree\u00a0has yellow flowers which are very small and\u00a0bunched together\u00a0in bright\u00a0fluffy pompons.\u00a0According to the Coldiretti <\/strong>(Farmers Union), due to the severe winter that has delayed the blossoming of the trees the quality of the Mimosa flowers is particularly good this year, although\u00a0actual production is 15% less than last year. The majority of Mimosa trees are cultivated in Liguria on the terraces facing the sea.\u00a0Here the\u00a0climate is ideal for these plants which, in order to grow well,\u00a0should never be subjected to temperatures\u00a0below zero and\u00a0must be sheltered from the\u00a0wind.\u00a0The Coldiretti<\/em> claim that the Mimosa industry is beneficial to the environment for two reasons: firstly\u00a0the trees are cultivated\u00a0according to\u00a0eco-sustainable principles, and secondly they are\u00a0grown on agricultural land that would otherwise be abandoned and subject to erosion. To give you an idea of how popular the Mimosa\u00a0tradition is here in Italy it is\u00a0expected that 15 million Mimosa sprigs\u00a0will be sold\u00a0this weekend!<\/span><\/p>\n

To keep your Festa della Donna <\/em>Mimosa flowers fresh for longer you should cut off the lower leaves with a sharp knife and put them in vase with tepid, not cold, water\u00a0to which you have added\u00a0a couple of drops of lemon juice. It\u2019s important to keep the flowers in full light but well away from any heating source as the Mimosa doesn\u2019t like a dry environment.<\/span><\/p>\n

Finally, I\u2019d like to share with you\u00a0a few words that I\u2019ve just read on an Italian website dedicated to Festa della Donna,<\/em> which were written by someone called\u00a0Giuseppe: Senza le donne finirebbe il mondo: mancherebbe la dolcezza, mancherebbe l\u2019amore di una mamma, mancherebbe il sorriso di una fanciulla, mancherebbe la voglia di vivere \u2026 Grazie Donna! Auguri Donna! <\/strong>(Without women the world would end: there wouldn\u2019t be sweetness, there wouldn\u2019t be the love of a mother, there wouldn\u2019t be the smile of a girl, there wouldn\u2019t be the desire to live \u2026 Thank you Woman! Best wishes!)<\/span><\/p>\n

Auguri a tutte le donne del mondo!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sunday the 8th of March is International Women\u2019s Day, a festival which\u00a0will be\u00a0celebrated around the world. Here in Italy\u00a0this very popular festival is\u00a0called\u00a0 La Festa della Donna. In 1946 the Unione Donna Italiana (Italian Woman Union), whilst preparing for the celebrations of the 8th of March,\u00a0decided to choose an object to symbolize the event. The…<\/p>\n

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