'Il rogo della vecchia': the cheat day of Lent!
Madeline Gowers
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On Thursday, I celebrated 'il rogo della vecchia', a northern Italian festival, for the first time. Read on to find out what happened!
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'Il rogo della vecchia': the cheat day of Lent!
What comes to mind when you read the word 'carnival'? Brightly-coloured costumes, perhaps, or throngs of masked merrymakers parading down streets strewn with confetti. Many will be familiar with such festivities, which take place each year just before Lent, but few,...
