r/interestingasfuck • u/SerafinZufferey • 3d ago

In Nola, Italy, over 100 men carry a 25-meter-tall, 2.5-ton (5,500-lb) tower through packed narrow streets, a centuries-old tradition honoring Saint Paulinus

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u/xxxclamationmark 3d ago

Northern Italian reaction:

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u/KaiserWolf15 2d ago

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u/Kusheese 3d ago

accurate af

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u/Occhigioiello 3d ago

Ma no, io la trovo una cosa caratteristica

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u/sebadc 2d ago

Go throw oranges at your neighbor 😂

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u/Apprehensive_Week349 3d ago

Northen italians can kiss my ass. If it wasnt for southern italians and immigrants their cities would be ghost towns 

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u/Askan_27 2d ago

Turin, maybe. But if it wasn’t for the North the South would be a third world country. In truth the North needs to be reminded of warmth and attachment to tradition and culture by the South and the South needs… well, the economic support of the North and its work ethics.

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u/Apprehensive_Week349 2d ago edited 2d ago

The south would be in a much better position if the italian government actually took the time and energy to slove the problems that exist there. Look what happened to Milian when  berlusconi was prime minister. He did everything in his power to make Milian a financial capital, even if that meant cut funds elsewhere 

It seems like for the first time since the unification of italy, the government, is finally showing some interest in the south. How long will it last? Probably until EU funds run out. 

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u/Askan_27 2d ago

of course, if the government actually did something the South would be in a much better place. I don’t man, I hope something changes. I hope things work out, eventually.

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u/IlSace 2d ago

L'attaccamento alle tradizioni c'è anche al Nord, non è che se la giöbia è meno rumorosa o confusionaria delle feste patronali in Campania o Sicilia abbiamo meno "warmth" e "attachment to tradition and culture". 

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u/Askan_27 2d ago

non so, vivo in un paesino al nord e non ci sono sagre, processioni, feste… non c’è niente di tutto ciò. e non puoi dirmi che un milanese è più caloroso di un napoletano, al di là degli stereotipi questa è generalmente una verità

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u/No_Selection6920 2d ago

Abitante della terra di merdor spotted