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30 ITALIANAMERICANHERALD.COM | JUNE2024 ITALIAN-AMERICANHERALD PAGINAITALIANA LEISURE
The bocce season at Bardascino Park in Philadelphia begins in March and April and ends in early September. | PHOTO BY RALPH NARDELL
CRONACA INTERNAZIONALE
Esplorando i collegamenti
tra Italia e Grecia
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E’ un fatto vero che ci sono tante somiglianze tra gli spagnoli, gl’italiani, i francesi, i portoghese e più o meno i rumeni, specialmente le lingue e alcuni costumi. Però molti italiani dell’Italia meridionale hanno nel loro DNA una descendenza greca. Come mai uno si potrebbe chiedere? Se è vero, quale regione ha un una somglianza della Grecia e una cultura complessiva simile a quella della Grecia? Ecco le risposte a queste domande.
Attualmente nessuna regione d’Italia ha una cultura complessiva simile a quella della Grecia. Lingua, religione, tradizioni, architettura, cibo ecc. sono decisamente diverse. L'influenza culturale della Grecia su parti dell'Italia meridionale continentale e della Sicilia è relativamente remota e sostanzialmente scomparsa.
Si crede invece che la regione italiana che conserva più tracce della presenza greca sia la Calabria. Lo vedi nei toponimi, nei cognomi, nelle parole usate nei dialetti locali, perfino
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are more than 100 bocce players with skill levels ranging from beginner to experienced. Their bocce season begins in May and ends in August. The courts are available 24/7.
Beneduce Vineyards in Pittstown, N.J., is a 77-acre vineyard that includes bocce leagues. Games start on May 24 with 12 teams. Competition last six weeks and ends with a championship. They will be hosting many other activities, live music, and can have up to 100 guests. More information and how to sign up for a team can be found on their Instagram/@beneducevineyards! There
are two bocce courts that are first-come, first- served on Saturdays and Sundays.
Frank Costello of Costello’s Custom Landscapes installs and repairs bocce courts for leagues, clubs, and private residences. Costello, who built his own backyard court, drew inspiration from going to his uncle's home court and playing the game with his father. Bocce provides “infinite enjoyment for your investment,” he said. IAH
Nancy Perone is an Italian-American communications professional with a passion for writing. Her roots in the boot hail from Southern Italy in the regions of Campania and Calabria. She aspires to travel to Italy as well as pen her own book.
nella cucina tradizionale. Nell'estremità meridionale della Calabria c'è una zona, detta grecanica, dove l'influenza greca è evidente, e si parla ancora un dialetto greco, anche se moribondo. In questa zona si trova Gallicianò, il paese dell'area grecanica della Calabria dove il vernacolo greco è più vitale.
È la zona che generalmente da visitare per chi cerca la “Grecia in Italia”, non solo per il suo interesse culturale ma anche per la sua bellezza naturale. Ogni agosto si svolge un festival chiamato Paleariza e dedicato alla cultura greco-calabrese con particolare attenzione alla musica.
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