Section 12- Italian Culture

Section 12
Italian Culture
This page was last updated on Wednesday, March 17, 2004 03:25 PM

"The great aim of culture is the aim of setting ourselves to ascertain what perfection is and to make it prevail."

Mathew Arnold 1822-1888

Cultural Studies

H-ItAm Italian-American Studies	http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~itam/ • H-ItAm is a member of H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine. H-ItAm provides an interactive network/forum for scholars and activists relating to the Italian American Experience, and more generally, the ethnic culture of the Italian dispora worldwide.
Institute of Italian Culture in NY	http://www.italcultny.org/

Italian Festivals

Calabria Network - Feste Calabresi	http://www.calabrianetwork.com/festecalabresi.htm
Italia Donna	http://www.italiadonna.it/tradizioni/tradizioni.htm
Italian Holidays, Festivals and Street Parties	http://www.hostetler.net/italy/italy.cfm • You're about to enter Italy's best kept, and most wonderful secret...it's parties and celebrations. Some are only a century or two old and some are as ancient as the mini-cultures that celebrate them, but ALL of them represent a private vision of some aspect of Italian life and it's history that few people have access to...except those of us who've lived here...and now you... In order to access this unique database, just enter the month and the region you have interest in. If you don't know what region your city is in, enter it here and I'll give you the region and show you where it is on the map.

Folklore

The Evil Eye - The Malochio	http://www.pugzine.com/arch17.html
Fabrisia's Boschetto	http://www.fabrisia.com • Basic information on Stregheria, or Italian witchcraft, including background on deities, beliefs, folklore, history, charms, ethics, traditions, and festivals.
Italian-American Folk Cultural Studies	http://www-personal.umich.edu/~acicala/folk.html
Italian Section of the American Folklore Society	http://afsnet.org/sections/italian/

Card Games

Italian Card Games	http://www.surf.it/scopa • You can download briscola, scopa, and traversone to enjoy on your computer.
National & Regional Card Games: Italy	http://www.pagat.com/national/
Scopa for Windows 3.1	http://www.winsite.com/bin/Info?500000000352 • Download the freeware version of this popular card game for your Windows 3.1
Scopa for Windows 95	http://www.winsite.com/bin/Info?500000015044 • This game is pretty good. You can choose 2 or 4 players, English or Italian, and you can change color schemes. To top is off it automatically keeps score. If you enjoy playing scopa, you will enjoy it for your Windows 95 computer.
Scopone & Scopa	http://www.pagat.com/fishing/scopone.html • A great reference on how to play both of these games. It describes how to play, deal, score, and it includes a section on advice. There is a slight difference between these two games.

Children's Folk Games

*BANDIERA Flag**	http://est.estcomp.ro/~cfg/italian12.html
Dame e cavalieri	http://est.estcomp.ro/~cfg/italian6.html • English version "Dames and Knights"
Guardie e ladri	http://est.estcomp.ro/~cfg/italian10.html • English version "Cops and Robbers"
Lupo delle ore	http://est.estcomp.ro/~cfg/italian4.html • English version "What Is the Time, Mr. Wolf?" or "Lupo of the Hours"
Lupo mangia frutta	http://est.estcomp.ro/~cfg/italian2.html • English version "Fruit-Eater Wolf"
Nascondino	http://est.estcomp.ro/~cfg/italian3.html • English version "Hide-and-Seek"
Piovra	http://est.estcomp.ro/~cfg/italian5.html • English version "Octopus"
Regina, Regina Bella	http://est.estcomp.ro/~cfg/italian7.html • English version "Beautiful Queen"
Strega comanda color	http://est.estcomp.ro/~cfg/italian8.html • English version "Witch Says Colors"
Strega ghiaccio	http://est.estcomp.ro/~cfg/italian11.html • English version "Ice-Witch"
Uno due tre, per le vie di Roma	http://est.estcomp.ro/~cfg/italian1.html • English version "One, Two, Three, Along the Streets in Rome"

Folk Music

Bibliography of Italian Folk Music	http://www.muspe.unibo.it/
Italian Folk Music Forum	http://members5.boardhost.com/italfolk/
Meri's Italian Folksinging Page	http://www.italianfolkmusic.com/home.html • 100 Italian folksongs, instructions to Italian folk dances, information about Italian folk groups around the world, and links to finding CDs and unusual instruments used in playing Italian music.

Wedding Customs

Ask Ginka	http://www.askginka.com/nationality/italian.htm • Apparel, books, customs & traditions, destination wedding, food information and recipes, gift items and wedding products, invitations and jewelry, magazines, music, real life stories, and wedding guides and directories.
Italian Wedding Customs & Traditions	http://www.virtualitalia.com/articles/wedding.shtml
Wedding Traditions	http://www.weddingguideuk.com/articles/planning/traditions.asp • Ok. So this site is not "Italian" but in fact general. You will find a lot of interesting facts here. For example: Learn about the origin of throwing confetti. (rice)