Italian American Herald - August 2022

ACHIEVERS
Vision for coffee shop stands test of time
in South Philadelphia
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Emilia-Romagna finds ‘partner’ in Pennsylvania
Italian-American Herald
An agreement between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy to support research, entrepreneurship and trade was made official with a signing on June 16.
Some of the aims of the agreement are supporting the collaboration between the industrial clusters of the two territories on life sciences, trade in agricultural products, technology and advanced manufacturing, promoting visits and meetings between entrepreneurs, joint research projects, investments, and joint ventures.
The record-growing Emilia-Romagna, particularly in the sectors of life and health science, finds in Pennsylvania
an equal partner, at the center of the bio-pharmaceutical northeastern corridor of the United States.
See AGREEMENT - page 5
The melting pot of Argentina
Italian immigrants changed the culture and the language
Italian community during the opening parade of the XXXIV National Immigrant Festival in Buenos Aires.
By Jeanne Outlaw-Cannavo
Argentina is home to over 1 million Italians and represents the largest population of Italians outside Italy, based on 2019 statistics from the German database Statista. The Italian language is widely used and has immensely influenced the language, culture and customs of the country.
Argentina is a “melting pot” of people from various nations with immigrants primarily from European countries. In the mid-19th century large numbers of Italians, primarily from the northern part of Italy, began to arrive in this large South American country.
From the end of the Napoleonic Wars until 1930, some 60 million Europeans emigrated. Of these, 71 percent went to
North America, 21 percent traveled to South America (especially Argentina and Brazil) and 7 percent left for Australia. Italians surpassed the Spanish and Portuguese in emigration to South America. Of the 11 million immigrants who entered Latin America, 38 percent were Italian, 28 percent
See ARGENTINA - page 4
Buon Ferragosto: When Italy goes on summer vacation
By Ben Resini
The concept of “vacation” varies throughout the world and between cultures, but nowhere is the difference more apparent than between Italians and Americans. In America, if we’re lucky, we set off on a much-needed and anticipated two-week jaunt only to return to work
to wait another year for a break. In Italy, things are done differently and for many (good) reasons.
Ferragosto is an official Italian public
holiday celebrated on Aug. 15 dating back to 18 BC.
The origins date back to Emperor Augustis with the “festivities” stemming from political purposes at its inception. Ultimately this Roman holiday was adopted by the Catholic Church who moved the date of celebration officially to Aug. 15 to coincide with the Assumption of Mary.
The word “Ferragosto” comes from the Latin “feriae Augusti” (The festivals of the emperor Augustis) and honors the first Roman emperor by its namesake.
PHOTO CREDIT: ADOBESTOCK.COM
See FERRAGOSTO - page 6
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