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  2. Bomboniere - Wikipedia

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    A bomboniere ( Italian pronunciation: [bombo'njε:re]), singular "bomboniera", ( Italian pronunciation: [bomboˈnjɛːra]; Italian, from French bonbonnière, [1] a box containing "bonbons") is a kind of fragrant-smelling party favor given out on special occasions such as weddings, baptism, First Communion or Confirmation.

  3. Party favor - Wikipedia

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    Wedding favors are small gifts given as a gesture of appreciation or gratitude to guests from the bride and groom during a wedding ceremony or a wedding reception. The tradition of distributing wedding favors is hundreds of years old. It is believed that the first wedding favor, common amongst European aristocrats, was known as a bonbonniere.

  4. List of Italian desserts and pastries - Wikipedia

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    Presnitz [ it] Julian sweet made with walnuts, almonds, pine nuts, figs, raisins, plums, apricots, cinnamon, cloves and rum. Puoti [ it] Biscuits from the province of Verona, Veneto. Pupazza frascatana [ it] Woman-shaped sweet from Frascati, Lazio. Pupi cull'ova [ it] Doll-shaped pastries from Nicosia, Sicily.

  5. A Sustainable Stylist’s Multicultural Italian Wedding - AOL

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    A Nigerian wedding combines two events: a traditional Nigerian celebration, followed by church ceremony, known as a white wedding. On Friday evening, the couple had the Nigerian celebration.

  6. American Mafia - Wikipedia

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    The American Mafia, [22] [23] [24] commonly referred to in North America as the Italian-American Mafia, the Mafia, or the Mob, [22] [23] [24] is a highly organized Italian American criminal society and organized crime group. In North America, the organization is often colloquially referred to as the Italian Mafia or Italian Mob, though these ...

  7. Spice trade - Wikipedia

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    Spice trade. European access to the economically important Silk Road (red) and spice trade routes (blue) was blocked by the Seljuk Empire c. 1090, causing the Crusades, and by the Ottoman Empire c. 1453, which spurred the Age of Discovery and European colonialism. The spice trade involved historical civilizations in Asia, Northeast Africa and ...

  8. List of supermarket chains in Italy - Wikipedia

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    List of current Italian supermarket chains. Name Stores Founded/came to Italy Owned by Type of store A&O 677. 1964. Selex supermarket and convenience Alì 114.

  9. Wedding soup - Wikipedia

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    Wedding soup consists of green vegetables (usually endive and escarole or cabbage, lettuce, kale, and/or spinach) and meat (usually meatballs and/or sausage, the latter sometimes made of chicken and containing Italian parsley and Parmesan cheese) in a clear chicken-based broth. Wedding soup sometimes contains pasta (usually cavatelli, fusilli ...

  10. 1946 Italian institutional referendum - Wikipedia

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    An institutional referendum ( Italian: referendum istituzionale, or referendum sulla forma istituzionale dello Stato) [1] [2] [3] was held by universal suffrage in the Kingdom of Italy on 2 June 1946, [4] a key event of contemporary Italian history. Until 1946, Italy was a kingdom ruled by the House of Savoy, reigning since the unification of ...

  11. Italian fashion - Wikipedia

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    The Italian Catherine de' Medici, as Queen of France. Her fashions were the main trendsetters of courts at the time. Fashion in Italy started to become the most fashionable in Europe since the 11th century, and powerful cities of the time, such as Venice, Milan, Florence, Naples, Vicenza and Rome began to produce robes, jewelry, textiles, shoes, fabrics, ornaments and elaborate dresses.