Italian Vocab
In Italian, this is a holiday that celebrates saints.
What is La Festa di Ognissanti?
Most Italians receive a funeral following this religion.
What is Catholicism?
The date that Giorno dei Morti takes place.
When is November 2nd.
Name two components of the Mediterranean Diet.
What are vegetables, fruit, herbs, nuts, beans, whole grains, eggs poultry?
This is the life expectancy of people living in Italy in 2021.
What is 82.9 years?
In Italian, this is another name for Cannonau wine.
What is Cannonau di Sardegna?
In Italy, the funeral is dependent upon this document.
What is the will or il testamento?
In Sicily, children leave these outdoors to be filled with sweets on All Souls' Day.
What are shoes?
This wine contains high amounts of antioxidants.
What is Cannonau wine?
This is defined by areas of the world where people live the longest lives, consistently reaching age 100.
What are blue zones?
In Italian, this is another popular wine in Sardinia.
What is Vermentino?
This occurs in the home of the deceased or the hospital where the deceased was being cared for.
What is the wake or veglia?
These are traditional autumnal flowers left on gravesites on All Souls' Day.
What are Chrysanthemums?
This is the difference between dinner in Sardinia and America.
What is fresh food?
This was the percentage of Italians that were in nursing homes in Italy in 2019.
What is 23%?
In Italian, this is the name of a cookie to commemorate the dead.
What is fave dei morti?
This occurs the day before the funeral, usually late at night and in the church attended by the deceased.
What is the rosary or rosario?
The name of a soup made of chickpeas, celery, carrot, onion, tomato, and pork rib, typically consumed on All Saints' Day.
What is ceci con le costine?
This is considered the largest meal of the day in Sardinia.
What is lunch?
This was the number of physicians in Italy per 1,000 people in 2017.
What is 4?
In Italian, this is one’s love and sense of duty to their ancestors.
What is pietas?
The common factor between the civil and religious Italian funeral.
What is the funeral home or camera ardente?
A Roman celebration of purging vengeful spirits from the home, occurring on May 9th, 11th, and 13th.
What is the Lemuria Festival?
It is acceptable to drink this at most meals in Italy.
What is wine?
In the past, Italy implemented this in towns within the country to attempt to slow down COVID-19.
What are red zones?