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Today is la Festa della Liberazione d’Italia, the anniversary of the liberation of Italia from Fascist occupation in 1945, and a day to honour those who served in the Italian Resistance. That makes today the 75th anniversary of liberazione. April 25th has been an Italian national holiday since 1946- Viva la libertà!
There are usually rallies organized all over the country by ANPI (Associazione Nazionale Partigiana d’Italia). This year the celebration is bittersweet, there not being much liberazione at the moment with everyone in isolation.
There will be balcony celebrating all over the country, including singing Bella Ciao. This was originally a protest song of the late 19th Century, for women working in the rice fields in Northern Italia, then adapted as an antifascist song of the resistance. Please listen to this Facebook link to a video of a beautiful version sung by a few of my talented young paesani in Orsara di Puglia! 
Le Frecce Tricolori of the Italian air force also flew the colours of the Italian flag over Roma this morning.
Today is also Un po di pepe‘s 6th bloghiversario / blog anniversary. I usually write about the past year and what I would like to write for the next one. This year, I would just like to share a 1955ish quote by Piero Calamandrei, an author and protagonist of the Resistenza:
La liberta è come l’aria. Ci si accorge di quanto vale quando inizia a mancare. /Freedom is like air. We only realize how much it is worth when it is lacking.
Continue to stay safe everyone, and hang in there. Forza! Ce la faremo! Un abbraccio, Cristina
Un po' di pepe 
thank you , what a great celebration for Freedom and I really like the quote.
Si, it is a great quote Patty!
Ciao Cristina,
Thank you for another lovely blog post. I always learn something interesting from them! I tried to watch the video you linked, but when the link switches over to FaceBook I get an error message. “Content not found.” Could it be the original video is limited as to who may see it on FaceBook (not publicly available)?
Grazie,
Pam
Ciao Pam
The video is from Facebook and Ludovica must have the privacy set so it can only be seen on Facebook. She does not have a YouTube account. If you know someone who has Facebook you can ask them to look for you. It is beautiful. It is under Ludovica Martino. They can easily just cut and paste the link. I will have to add to the post that it is only on Facebook. Thanks for pointing it out. Stay safe, Cristina
This song brings forth so many emotions. The love that the partigiani had for their beloved Italy makes one weep. Thank you for sharing this link. Here is a link to another beautiful version. Tanti auguri! https://youtu.be/uvfKOt-e8og
Congrats on your blogiversary! Here’s to many more. 🙂
Grazie Stacy. I sure hope so! Ciao, Cristina
Well written … enjoy all the history you share
Grazie Susanne! I enjoy writing it! Ciao, Cristina
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