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Abruzzo Heritage
The ezine for the Abruzzo World Club. Members have access to all articles and non members have access to a limited number of articles.

Curiosità e Folklore
This has a nice collection of stories, events and feasts, which help describe the various traditions of this region.

Da non perdere
The "Catenaccio" and St. Martin's Glories are just two of the traditions that are performed each year.

The Farchie of Fara Foliorum Petri
This traditional festival called Le Farchie is held each January in honour of St. Anthony Abbot, who is much worshipped in the towns of Abruzzo for his intercession in protecting the good health of livestock.

Folklore
This includes Il Ballo del Laccio Dell'Amore, Il Ballo Dell'Insegna, La Perdonanza, Giostra Cavalleresca and San Domenico e il Vincolo del Comparatico.

Leggende San Valentino
The town of San Valentino in Abruzzo Citeriore has the legend of Da "Tesori Nascosti e Stregherie" and La Notte dei Defunti.

I Serpari di Cocullo
This is one of the most ancient feasts in the region. Live snakes are used to adorn the statue of San Domenico.

Il Volto Santo
Many flock to the Church of the Volto Santo in Manoppello to see for themselves the image of Christ's face on a shroud.

Folk Songs

Abruzzese Songs for Downloading
Download songs from Lettomanoppello and Roccamorice in MP3 format. Lyrics are also provided for each of the songs.

Abruzzo Traditional Songs
Each song includes a description of what the song is about and the words in both the dialect and English. Songs include Lu Sand'Andonie, Vola vola vola, J'Abruzzu, La fija mè & Tutte li Fundanelle.

Canti popolari abruzzesi
This has eight traditional folk songs from the region. Each is written in dialect as well as Italian and you can listen to each song.

Songs from Abruzzo Italiansrus.com
These folk songs from the Abruzzo region include: “Che Mai T'ho Fatt', Amor?„, “Crudele Irene, Tu M'Hai Lasciato„ and “Fanciullo Appena, Ti Parlai D'Amore„.

Proverbs

Proverbi Abruzzesi
Find a small collection of proverbs from Abruzzo.

Proverbi in Dialetto Abruzzese
Get a list of proverbs and popular sayings in both the dialect of the region and in Italian.

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