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The Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Concezione Immaculata) + My Favorites
Dec 08 The Feast of the Immaculate Conception is a public holiday, meaning most Catholics will be attending mass to honour Mary, mother of Jesus. Many consider Mary to be the greatest and holiest of saints, and she is especially well-loved in Italy.
Epiphany (Le Befana) + My Favorites
Jan 06 One of Italy's oldest traditions, Le Befana, or Epiphany, is celebrated each year on January 6. Children hang their stockings in hopes of being visited by Le Befana, who leaves treats for good boys and girls, and lumps of coal for the bad.
Festa Della Liberazione + My Favorites
TBA This holiday results in a day off for most Florentines as they celebrate the anniversary of their liberation from the Germans after the Second World War.
Creativity Workshop More Info
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Jul 14 to Jul 22 Florence – city of Renaissance splendor. Home of Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci and Botticelli. Florence is also the setting of Bruneleschi’s Duomo which revolutionized architecture and the Uffizi Gallery which contains masterpieces of Renaissance masters and is the legacy of the Medici family.
Each day the Creativity Workshop in Florence will meet for 3 1/2 hours. We will explore ways to expand our creativity through a series of exercises including guided visualization technique, automatic drawing and writing, map making, memoir, and storytelling. Throughout the workshop, the
exercises and talks by the instructors will focus on ways to:
Believe in your creativity
Stimulate your perceptive abilities
Find inspiration in the world around you
Discover and use images from the unconscious
Get over creative blocks and the fear of failure
Engage your curiosity
Recognize and use your creative instincts
Give yourself the time, permission, and nourishment to do creative work
Develop a daily practice to accomplish these goals
Work collaboratively
Use your memories to engage the imagination
All Saints' Day (Ognissanti) + My Favorites
TBA A holy day for Catholics for centuries, Ognissanti, or All Saints' Day, is followed by Il Giorno dei Morti, or, Day of the Dead. Recipies from the Roman Empire are used to bake traditional cookies, called Ossa dei Morti, or Bones of the Dead. Events include prayer, parades and storytelling.
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