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The Befana Is Returning

The Befana Is Returning PDF Author: Steve Siporin
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres
ISBN: 0299337308
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 341

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Book Description
On the night of January 5, in certain areas of southern Tuscany, a costumed, singing troupe of characters visits residents' homes, expecting to be fed and feted. This is the Befanata, a mumming tradition centered in Tuscany, whose main character--the Befana--is a kindly old woman or grandmotherly witch who delivers toys, candies, and gifts. The Befana Is Returning is a deeply researched, deftly insightful presentation of this living tradition that adds a large missing piece to the array of contemporary ethnographic scholarship on mumming.