Italian American Journal Giornale Italo Americano - GIA
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FAMIGLIE TAGLIANO SPESA<br />
CIBO, -302 EURO ANNUI<br />
ROMA - "La realtà<br />
ha superato ormai ogni previsione<br />
più nera: la riduzione dei<br />
consumi nel settore alimentare<br />
si attesta su -4,5% rispetto allo<br />
scorso anno. Ovvero una diminuzione<br />
della spesa alimentare<br />
di una famiglia composta da 3<br />
persone di 302 euro annui, oltre<br />
metà di quanto la stessa famiglia<br />
spende per l'alimentazione in un<br />
mese".<br />
Lo affermano Federconsumatori<br />
e Adusbef. "Per<br />
non parlare - aggiungono le due<br />
associazioni di consumatori -<br />
della contrazione complessiva<br />
della spesa registrata nel biennio<br />
2012-2013 che, secondo le stime<br />
dell' Osservatorio nazionale<br />
Federconsumatori, in tutti i<br />
settori ha raggiunto quota -52<br />
miliardi di euro.<br />
Di fronte ad una situazione<br />
di questo genere, aumentare<br />
l'Iva è una vera e propria azione<br />
irresponsabile, che avrebbe effetti<br />
disastrosi per le famiglie e per<br />
l'intera economia", dichiarano<br />
Rosario Trefiletti ed Elio Lannutti<br />
alla guida, rispettivamente,<br />
di Federconsumatori e Adusbef.<br />
SAGRA DELLE REGNE OF STAMFORD CELEBRATES ITS 10TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL<br />
(Continued from page 7)<br />
The feast is celebrated<br />
simultaneously in Minturno<br />
(province of Latina, region of<br />
Lazio, Italy) as a way of venerating<br />
the patron saint of the town,<br />
The Madonna, Maria Santissima<br />
delle Grazie. The tradition originated<br />
in the early 18th century,<br />
now celebrated annually on the<br />
second Sunday of July. When the<br />
Franciscan monks returned in<br />
1701 after having been banished<br />
by Napoleon, they started the<br />
popular and folkloristic feast<br />
called ‘Sagra delle Regne’ or<br />
‘the festival of grain’. Sheaves of<br />
grain were donated by the farmers<br />
to the Franciscans in order<br />
for them to provide bread for<br />
the homeless for the entire year.<br />
After World War II, new attractions<br />
were added to celebrate the<br />
Madonna; groups from all over<br />
Europe and the Middle East were<br />
hosted by Minturno to perform<br />
during the feast.<br />
One of the focal points<br />
of the <strong>Italian</strong> feast is the competi-<br />
Specializing in <strong>Italian</strong> Wines<br />
tion of Carri Votivi [decorated<br />
floats] from the district towns of<br />
Minturno. Each district participates<br />
with elaborately decorated<br />
floats filled and painted solely<br />
with wheat. There are also local<br />
Tarantella dancers, guest dancers<br />
from all over the world, medieval<br />
flag throwers, and reenactments<br />
of the royal families that once<br />
lived in the castle of Minturno.<br />
The feast is concluded with a<br />
dramatic ‘burning of the castle’<br />
which is done with fireworks.<br />
Mallozzi’s daughter, Mickela,<br />
created a six-part web series<br />
documenting her experience at<br />
the 2010 Sagra Delle Regne in<br />
Minturno, which can be found<br />
on the Minturno-Scauri Tourism<br />
site: http://www.minturnoscauri.<br />
it/mickela_mallozzi.htm<br />
The Madonna, Maria<br />
Santissima delle Grazie, the<br />
Patron Saint of Minturno, was<br />
solemnly crowned on August<br />
31, 1921 by a Decree of the<br />
Vatican Chapter (Capitolo<br />
Vaticano). This is a recognition<br />
by the Vatican that this Madonna<br />
has performed many miracles<br />
throughout the centuries and<br />
(Continued on page 9)<br />
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