Ferragosto: la festa d'agosto
Ferragosto: the August holiday
Alberto Mancini
Transcript
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Welcome to this episode.
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Today we talk about Ferragosto, a very important holiday in Italy.
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Ferragosto is the fifteenth of August.
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It is a national public holiday.
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Shops are closed and cities are almost empty.
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Italians go to the sea or to the mountains.
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Many families have a picnic outdoors.
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Last year I spent Ferragosto in Sardinia.
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The beach was full of people.
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I ate fresh fish and swam in the sea.
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In the evening there are fireworks in many cities.
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It is a very ancient tradition.
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For Italians, Ferragosto is the most awaited moment of the summer.