{"id":19261,"date":"2021-01-06T12:00:27","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T11:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=19261"},"modified":"2021-01-01T06:11:29","modified_gmt":"2021-01-01T05:11:29","slug":"the-feast-of-the-epiphany-and-the-befana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/the-feast-of-the-epiphany-and-the-befana\/","title":{"rendered":"The Feast of the Epiphany and the Befana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Ciao a tutti! Buon anno 2021!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Oggi \u00e8 il 6 gennaio, quindi \u00e8 l&#8217;Epifania!<\/em> Today is January 6th, so it is the Epiphany!<\/p>\n<p>Last year I shared a post about the history of the Epiphany and the Befana that I have linked down below in case you would like to read it and brush up on what exactly today represents and who exactly is this mysterious <em>strega<\/em> (witch) called <em>la Befana.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"XVZEnC06Ys\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/la-befana-the-legend-of-the-epiphany\/\">La Befana &#8211; The legend of the Epiphany<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;La Befana &#8211; The legend of the Epiphany&#8221; &#8212; Italian Language Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/la-befana-the-legend-of-the-epiphany\/embed\/#?secret=ibA4MaS3zC#?secret=XVZEnC06Ys\" data-secret=\"XVZEnC06Ys\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I want to share with you a very well known song about la Befana, called &#8220;<em>La Befana Trullall\u00e0.&#8221; <\/em>It was recorded by Gianni Morandi in 1979.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"La Befana trullall\u00e0 con testo completo\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e5PQVAHFYhA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Trullala&#8217; Trullala&#8217; Trullala&#8217;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>La Befana vien di notte<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Con le scarpe tutte rotte<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Con la calza appesa al collo<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Col carbone, col ferro e l&#8217;ottone<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Sulla scopa per volare<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Lei viene dal mare<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Lei viene dal mare<\/em><br \/>\n<em>E la neve scendera&#8217;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Sui deserti del Maragia&#8217;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Dall&#8217;Alaska al Canada&#8217;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>E partire lei dovra&#8217;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>E cantando partira&#8217;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Da ciociara si vestira&#8217;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Con il sacco arrivera&#8217;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>La bufera vincera&#8217;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>E cantando trullala&#8217;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>La Befana arrivera&#8217;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Trulalla&#8217; Trullala&#8217; Trullala&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Un bambino, grande come un topolino,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Si \u00e8 infilato nel camino<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Per guardarla da vicino<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Quando arriva la Befana<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Senza denti<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Salta, balla, beve il vino<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Poi di nascosto s&#8217; allontana<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Con la notte appiccicata alla sottana<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>E un vento caldo soffiera&#8217;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Sui deserti del Maragia&#8217;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Dall&#8217;Alaska al Canada&#8217;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Solo una stella brillera&#8217;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>E seguirla lei dovra&#8217;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Per volare verso il nord<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>E la strada \u00e8 lunga ma<\/em><br \/>\n<em>La bufera vincera&#8217;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>E cantando Trullala&#8217;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>La Befana se ne va<\/em><br \/>\n<em>E cantando Trullala&#8217;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Truallalero Trullala&#8217;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Trullala&#8217; Trullala&#8217; Trullala&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"ujudUb WRZytc\" style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>Adesso, la scena iniziale del film &#8220;La Befana Vien di Notte&#8221;, mi sembra carinissimo! <\/em><\/strong>(Now the beginning scene of the movie &#8220;The Legend of the Christmas Witch&#8221;, it seems really cute to me!)<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LA BEFANA VIEN DI NOTTE | Scena Iniziale del Film con Paola Cortellesi\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2fTLkeoqb38?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the Epiphany marks the end of the holiday season. As the Italians say \u201c<em>Epifania, tutte le feste si porta via<\/em>\u201d (Epiphany brings an end to all the festivities). Here is to a happier and healthier 2021.<\/p>\n<p><em>Viva la Befana!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ciao a tutti! Buon anno 2021! Oggi \u00e8 il 6 gennaio, quindi \u00e8 l&#8217;Epifania! Today is January 6th, so it is the Epiphany! 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