Carnevale

A Salute to Carnevale

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February 20th 2009
A Salute to Carnevale originally published at http://www.eturbonews.com/7875/mardi-gras-happening-now By Dr. Anton Anderssen Italy is officially a Roman Catholic nation, where tradition is taken very seriously. We recite the rosary, put ashes on our foreheads, and eat wafers at church as part and parcel of what it means to be a good Catholic. But before the weeks of s ... read more

Europe » Italy

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more