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Wondering if you qualify for Italian dual citizenship? Overwhelmed by the process? Look no further. Lauren Hopkins from Your Italian Passport will walk you through the process and answer your questions in tonight’s webinar that will be live-streamed on our Facebook page: “Your Italian Passport – A Conversation about Dual Citizenship” at 6pm EST. If you like NIAF’s Facebook page, you’ll get a notification to tune in when we go live. We hope you’ll join us! 🇮🇹🇺🇸Buona #FestadellaRepubblica! Today is Italian National Day, a holiday that commemorates the end of the monarchy. This year, watch Italy's Ambassador Armando Varricchio's address the #ItalianAmerican community live on the @italyinus’s Facebook page today at 11:30am EST.NIAF Membership #Giveaway with @mydadssauce! To kickstart our #JoinNIAFinJune membership campaign, NIAF is offering its members a chance to win a jar of My Dad’s Sauce, a NIAF Buon Appetito! apron, a NIAF Make Sunday Italian Again wooden spoon, and Celebrity Chef Mary Ann Esposito’s latest cookbook "Ciao Italia: My Lifelong Food Adventures in Italy"! 🇮🇹🇺🇸🙏🏼 NIAF Members eligible to win this gift must follow these three easy steps: 1. Like NIAF, Mary Ann Esposito, and My Dad's Sauce's Facebook pages; 2. Follow both NIAF and @mydadssauce Instagram accounts; and 3. Email media@niaf.org confirming that they did steps 1 & 2 above. The contest will run until June 10 and the winner will be announced on June 12! Don’t wait, enter today!Support NIAF’s mission during this difficult time by becoming a NIAF Member this month for our #JoinNIAFinJune campaign. Throughout June, NIAF will showcase the #resources, scholarships, grants, programs, and other #benefits we offer on NIAF’s social media. Today, we want to share a little about #WhoWeAre: The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) is a non-profit organization founded in 1975 in Washington, D.C. As the unifying voice of the Italian American #community, NIAF seeks funding for #charitable works and donations, #scholarships, educational #grants, and student travel to Italy, among other notable #programs. Becoming a #Member of NIAF is affordable and opens the door to so much – including learning more about where your ancestors came from – but more tangibly, goes to fund efforts to connect our community to resources and provide it with #opportunities to gather and celebrate, and to learn and grow. If we have #ItalianAmericans and Italophiles like YOU joining and supporting our cause, NIAF can more effectively carry out our #mission to preserve, protect and promote Italian American #heritage. Become a #NIAFMember today by visiting NIAF.org and going to our membership tab. Grazie 🇺🇸🇮🇹🙏🏼❤️LAST CHANCE! Buy a NIAF polo today! #FathersDay is right around the corner and polos make great Father's Day #gifts! But don't buy one just for dad—buy one for everyone in the whole family with #youthsizes available too! This limited time offer helps support NIAF's scholarship and education programs—work we cannot do without you! #Deadline to order is 11:59pm EST TONIGHT. Order now—visit #linkinbio."Beginners 1 with Aperitivo" is your chance to learn the language of your Italian ancestors! This virtual course offered by the @italian.cultural.society is even giving #NIAFMembers a special discount! Prior Italian language knowledge isn't required and the last 15 minutes are dedicated to preparing and sharing a virtual #aperitivo Italian style. The course starts this Thursday, June 4, so register now by visiting “Links” story highlight.Recent Tweets
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A Traditional Grape Harvest: La Vendemmia
In this week’s #NIAFblog, our guest blogger, Jenifer Landor – founder of Live and Learn Italian – offers a fascinating look into the culture and traditions of small Italian towns in the Apennine hills. Adapted from a post by Marco Cacciavillani, owner of Azienda Agricola, … Continue reading
Slow life, slow food, and heavenly pleasures
In this week’s #NIAFblog, our guest blogger, Jenifer Landor – founder of Live and Learn Italian – offers a fascinating look into the culture and traditions of small Italian towns in the Apennine hills. A large rotating vat – which looks almost like a … Continue reading
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October 16, 2017
Tagged Abruzzo-Molise, Almond, Almonds, Apennine, Apennine Hills, Apennine Mountains, Baking, Bride and Groom, Central Italy, Confetti, Confetti ricci, Dessert, Desserts, Dolce, Dolci, Dolciaria Carosella, Famiglia, Italian, Italian American, Italian culture, Italian Dessert, Italian Desserts, Italian Family, Italian Food, Italian History, Italian Tradition, Italian Traditions, Italy, Molise, Nuts, Southern Italy, Sugar, Sweets, Tradition, Traditions, Wedding, Wedding Tradition, Wedding Traditions, Weddings
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La Madonna di Loreto
In this week’s #NIAFblog, our guest blogger, Jenifer Landor – founder of Live and Learn Italian – offers a fascinating look into the culture and traditions of small Italian towns in the Apennine hills. We go up the mountain road, to 1421 meters, putting on … Continue reading
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September 12, 2017
Tagged Appenine, Autumn, Capracotta, Catholic, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Christian Traditions, Donkey, Donkeys, Fall, Horses, Italian, Italian culture, Italian Food, Italian Heritage, Italian History, Italian Music, Italian Traditions, Italy, La Madonna, La Madonna di Loreto, La Transumanza, Madonna, Procession, Puglia, September, Sheep, Shepherd, Southern Italy, Summer, Traditions
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Remembering the Master Copper-Smiths
In this week’s #NIAFblog, our guest blogger, Jenifer Landor – founder of Live and Learn Italian, offers a fascinating look into the heritage of a small Italian town in the Apennine hills, known for its artisan work in copper. The little town of Agnone, … Continue reading
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March 9, 2017
Tagged Abruzzo-Molise, Agnone, Apennine, artisans, copper, coppersmith, craftmanship, History, Italian, Italian American, Italian Ancestry, Italian Art, Italian artisan, Italian artisans, Italian community, Italian culture, Italian Heritage, Italian History, Italian major, Italian Tradition, Italian Traditions, local, local craftmanship, Molise, Tradition
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Costumes, confetti, and chiacchiere, oh my!
Carnevale in Italy By Danielle DeSimone Every year, before the austerity and penance of Lent, Italy – and, specifically, Venice – comes alive in bursts of colors, costumes, and chiacchiere. This annual festival of Carnevale, known in other parts of … Continue reading
Italy’s Christmas Witch: The Befana Tradition
Perhaps one of the most beloved characters in Italian folklore – at least among children – is that of Befana. Although her origins are not always clear, Befana has now become popular nationwide in Italy, serving as a representation of … Continue reading
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January 5, 2017
Tagged Babbo Natale, Befana, Buon Natale, Christian, Christian Traditions, Christianity, Christmas, Christmas Traditions, Christmas Witch, Epiphany, Feast of the Epiphany, Italian, Italian American, Italian Americans, Italian Traditions, Italian Women, Natale, Roman, Santa Claus, Three Wise Men, Tradition, Traditions, Witch
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