cicala
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Cicala Located in Calabria, Southern Italy
Name means cricket
Population about approx. 1500 people
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Daily Life• Children attend the
local school, most people work farms or at the local factory, or go into the bigger cities for work
• Many people meet in the town square – the piazza at night to play cards, have a coffee and socialize
• On Sundays people attend mass at Chiesa di San Giacomo
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Resources
• Cicala is most known for chestnut’s.
• You can even find chestnut flour at the local Italian store imported right from the small town!
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Language
• The primary language spoken in Italy is Italian.
• Each small town or regions have a different dialect. In Cicala they speak Cicalese.
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Music, art and food
• Traditional music and dances include folk dances such as the Tarantella – which means tarantula, you dance wildly as if there was a spider on you!
• The Organetto is a smaller acordian or “squeeze box”
• Food is VERY important to Italians, traditional dishes include, pasta, fish, fried bread, pizza, risotto, tiramisu, cheeses and different types of torta (cakes)
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Traditions and celebrations
• In Cicala our patron Saint is San Giacamo. On July 25th we carry out saint around and pin money onto him.
• There is a big procession (everyone in the town follows him around). In the night there is a big FESTA (party!) we eat, dance and celebrate all night long! It’s so much fun!
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The land
• Cicala is quite hilly, it is mostly farm land and the soil is rich and grows fruits, vegetables and trees grow very well.