Hello my dear Prairie Sisters. Today I will take you all in Italy with me by sharing some pictures of our tradition of La Befana in Rome. In Italian folklore, Befana is an old woman who delivers presents to Italian children on the night before La Befana (Epiphany Eve). The story goes that on their way to see the infant Jesus, the Magi stopped to ask Befana for directions and asked her to join them. She initially refused, but later had a change of heart and tried to find the manger. She was unable to find the baby Jesus and gave the gifts she had brought to other children. To this day, she travels on her broomstick every year on January 5th looking for the manger and giving her presents to any Italian child who hangs up a stocking on Epiphany Eve. This legend arose in the 13th century and for a long time La Befana was a tradition confined to Rome and the surrounding regions, but this festival has become popular across all of Italy in the last hundred years. In Rome, every year, an actress tied to a rope and dressed up as La Befana climbs down a building in a famous square called Piazza Navona, where from the 8th of December to the 6th of January there is a Christmas market 😃❤️

Posted by eledublin at 2025-01-06 19:00:22 UTC