Christmas in Italy: Quirky Customs – Abitudini Curiose
Many small towns feature a Christmas Nativity scene with actors wandering around small streets, stables and squares interpreting ancient trades such as saddlers and knife-cutters.
Pipers, zampognari, Italian bagpipers perform traditional Christmas songs on bagpipes, flutes and oboes. These travelling musicians come down from the mountains in the regions of Abruzzo and Calabria and typically wear bright red jackets and broad-brimmed hats with red tassels. In Rome, the pipers play at the Christmas market in the historic Piazza Navona, on the Spanish Steps and at the entrance to St. Peter’s Square. Figures of the Zampognari often feature in nativity scenes.
Buon Natale!
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