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These traditional costumes are usually refined by traditional farmers' costumes.

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Painting is the application of paint on solids. It is an important visual art and is often used in religious art.

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Sculpture is a plastic art, using materials to sculpt exquisite models

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Italy is famous for its beautiful and classic architecture, with multi-style architecture and rich architectural history.

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Italy is the second largest producer of olive oil, where olive trees occupy approximately 1 million hectares of land.

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There are many automakers in Italy, such as

Alfa Romeo(1910–present)

Ferrari (1947–present)

Fiat (1899–present)

Lamborghini (1963–present)

Lancia (1906–present)

Maserati (1914–present)

Pagani(1992–present)

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Antibiotics is a great medical invention in Italy, and many studies have been done on the effects of antibiotics

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this is free- standing clock tower with an unstable foundation, so that it can have a tilt of nearly 4 degrees.

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this is a tradition Apulian dry stone hut with a conical roof. He is a characterized by the development of the wind industry in the 19th century

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it is a largest amphitheater in the world. it can approximately over 5,0000 spectators, is a most important Roma amphitheater.

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The Battle of the Oranges in Italy | Games of Strange S3

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10 songs to play on mandolin that aren't bluegrass

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Street Performer Plays Harry Potter's Theme Song on Glass Harp

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Polenta is an easy-to-please Italian staple that can be transformed into sweet or savory dishes. Below, we explain what polenta is made of and how to cook it.

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If you didn't grow up in big Italian family full of home cooks, you may be unfamiliar with a dish known as polenta. Sure, you can find polenta on grocery shelves and restaurant menus all across the U.S., but what is polenta, exactly? Polenta, a Northern Italian dish made from coarsely ground yellow corn, has always been popular for its simplicity and versatility. A classic preparation of polenta requires just a few basic pantry ingredients-water or stock, butter, salt, and pepper. If you want to make the dish more indulgent, mix in a bit of parmesan cheese. In restaurants, polenta is often served fried with marinara sauce, as a creamy accompaniment to chicken, pork, or short ribs, or turned into croutons atop a Tuscan salad.

Despite polenta's humble roots dating back to the 16th century, it has developed a reputation for being fussy, lumpy, and difficult to master. We're here to put whatever negative connotations of polenta you have aside. We explain exactly what polenta is made of, how to make polenta, and share some of our favorite polenta recipes for every meal (plus dessert!).

Polenta is made of stone-ground dried yellow corn kernels that have a flaky texture. Polenta is similar to southern grits in both taste and preparation but there is one key difference. The kernels used for polenta come from flint corn, which is a hearty variety of corn originally found in Italy. Compared to dent corn, which is used to make grits, flint corn has less starch, meaning that polenta is not as creamy and velvety as grits (but decadent nonetheless). Some polenta recipes call for cornmeal, not polenta specifically. While cornmeal works as a substitute, it is ground more finely than the corn used for traditional polenta and therefore lacks texture. When shopping for polenta, look for packages clearly labeled "polenta," like Bob's Red Mill polenta ($3; bobsredmill.com). Of course, if you can find heirloom polenta, stock up as it will have unbelievable texture and a bright flavor. Stay away from instant, quick-cooking, or tubed polenta; while their convenience is appealing, they're often bland and mushy.

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Cooking polenta is not nearly as tedious or high maintenance as you may expect. While it does require frequent stirring, you can easily prep the rest of your meal in the time it takes to cook. If you want to go the extra mile, use a traditional copper polenta pot ($200; williams-sonoma.com), but any 3 to 4-quart pot will do the trick. To cook basic polenta at home, bring 4 cups of water or chicken stock to a rapid boil in a medium-sized sauce pan. For extra flavor, add 1 bay leaf or a few sprigs of thyme to infuse the liquid with earthy notes. Once the water is boiling, slowly whisk in 1 cup of polenta and 1 teaspoon kosher salt in an even stream. Continue whisking for two minutes. Reduce heat to medium low and cook, stirring occasionally to prevent the polenta from sticking to the bottom of the pot and lumps from forming, until super smooth and creamy, about 40 minutes. Carefully remove the bay or thyme if using, and remove from heat. Whisk in 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, ½ teaspoon kosher salt, and ½ teaspoon black pepper. Feel free to sprinkle in ¼ cup freshly grated parmesan for additional richness.

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Polenta, a Northern Italian dish made from coarsely ground yellow corn, has always been popular for its simplicity and versatility. Here, we explain exactly what polenta is made of, how to make polenta, and share some of our favorite polenta recipes for every meal (plus desser!t).

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Mandolin is a small stringed instrument similar in shape to a lute. it has pear-shaped body has a tortoiseshell pattern, and the curved back is supported by several sound beams. Generally it has four or four string.

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I showing this map is because the religion of Italy is because it geolocation, it is in the middle, so that is a reason why Italy have lot of religion come from all directions, it become the cross load on the map.

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there is 3.7% of people in Italy is Islam, in Italy, there are more catholic, also there is lot of people is no religion.

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this is a main Italian transportation, although it is using for traffic the people but now it is also a very special thing in the Italy.

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it is a transportation that using for go sightseeing.

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This is most important transportation in Italy, because they only can traffic on the water, so let the Water transportation become very important.

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it is a round, oblong-shaped wind instrument that resembles a bird's head.

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They using different height of the glass goblet to making a different sound, they use water to let the goblet can have much different height and make more sound.

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They using the embroidery as the decoration. some woman will have wear the scarf that have decoration, and they also will bring the jewelry on their body,

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Italian dress is made up of the linen, velvet and silk.

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there is 83.3% of Italian is catholic, it is a main religion in the Italy.

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They think it will bring the lucky is because the shape of the cornicello is similar to the horn of the old European moon Goddess, so it will bring the lucky news.

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carry shape of cornicello accessories every moment.

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carry shape of cornicello accessories every moment.

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They think lentil have a shape of coin, so if you eat a lot of lentils in new year's eve, you will have a lucky and prosperity new year.

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They think salt can drive out evil spirit, so if they have a new home, they will put the salt in every corner to blessing new home.

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They think seat 13 people at dinner table just like the artwork "The Last Supper", so it means unlucky.

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seat 13 people at dinner table is unlucky

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seat 13 people at dinner table is unlucky

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They think the number 17 is very unlucky, because number 17 in Roman is VIXI, it mean live and it usually will appear on the ancient tombstones, so it symbol with death.

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It is a festival about the  jazz, pop and rock act, they will have a show on the streets, or you can but the ticket in the Basilica di San Pietro to see the biggest show in it.

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In this festival, there is petal mosaic around whole Italy, it have over hundred meter long.

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In this unique festival, there are lot of snake catcher will have a game that who catch more snake, who is a winner. It game is want to celebrate
a man that name St Dominic, they think he can resist the attack from wolf, bear and disease, so who catch more snake, will be treat as hero.

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Snake Handlers’ Procession, Cocullo, “May”

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Snake Handlers’ Procession, Cocullo, “May”

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It is a interesting festival that they will throw the orange to each other. First they will get prepare  before Ivrea, then they will have biggest war  during the Ivrea three days.

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Battle of the Oranges, Ivrea, “February”

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Battle of the Oranges, Ivrea, “February”

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IT is a fungi that produce in the Italy, and the smell of this mushroom, there is fusion the smell of the forest, make people like it.

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It is a kind of the sausage and it made up of grated bacon with some pepper and pistachio.

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It is a food that made up of the corn, it usually can replace the bread, is a unique appetizers in the Italy's restaurant.

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Is a food that made up of chickpeas or board bean paste with seasoning.

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I am doing for culture museum to  help the country save their culture, I will going to write about what culture may will be disappear or what culture is unique, so I will introduce the culture of this country (Italy). Doing Padlet to save the unique culture of Italy, is because i want to write down anything that is interesting and may will be disappear. Also in the problem of the globalization, doing this can let everyone remember about the culture of Italy. because for the globalization, some culture of the country become normally, no more unique, and they will forget the some culture slowly until it disappear.