How Much Do You Know About Italy and the Italian Culture?
How many things would you know about Italy? And just how much do you know more about the Italian culture? Maybe you understand it for being the territory of Parmigiano cheese and mozzarella, Chianti wine and extra virgin olive oil, pasta and gnocchi, zucchini, tomatoes and a number of other food. Or perhaps you understand Italy to be the native land of Giotto, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and other significant painters and artists of yesteryear. You could know Italy for Ferrari cars and style. Many people knows Italy because of its landscapes as well as the historical heritage: mountains, hills and lakes, Roman relics, history, culture and art and ancient towns.

However, what is the very first thing do you think when you hear the term "Italian"?

Many people would say "mafia" or "food", since Italy has ever been explained like this on earth. Let us see these facets in details.

All the Italians have been Mafiosi
It's quite frequent to hear that the Italian population is directly connected to the concept of mafia. In fact, among the most common prejudices about the Italian culture and lifestyle is that "all the Italians are mafiosi". The Italians (especially those who live in the United States) have consistently been associated to "the Godfather" characters and also to Sicilian mafia reflected in details from Coppola's American film.

Among the most curious aspects to consider is that words like "mafia" and "mafioso" are often used as nicknames to phone friends and spouses, because they are considered amusing adjectives.

At the contrary, mafia in Italy is a very significant problem for all the honest citizens that reside in Italy, in particular for people who live and work in the areas of South.

Italians? They are food lovers!

Many people are really convinced that the Italians consistently eat and only consider food. This is another banal common-place in several nations of the world. Everybody understands that Italy has a great and long cuisine background, but it isn't a fact that the main topic from the conversations is food. Eating is an significant part the Italian culture (and this is the reason lots of dishes created abroad come from the Italian traditions) but there are many other common and significant topics in the Italians' speeches.

Tutti vicini (all together)!

Many people also think that the Italians live all together in large families in the same house. It is not infrequent to read or hear sentences like "tutti vicini" in the American novels and movies about the Italian culture. The Italians are usually described as people who reject the notion of privacy and the intention to create their own family. This is really an extremely ancient film of the Italian civilization and its lifestyle! This could happen in the past (especially in Southern Italy households, when people couldn't buy a house), but it doesn't happen anymore.

So, what's the ideal solution to overcome these banal obligations and prejudices? The very first thing to do is traveling and visiting Italy (at least for a month) and the second thing is attending Italian courses in one of the major towns of Italy, such as Rome, Florence, Bologna, Venice and Milan. This manner, it will possible to love the local culture and find out many things concerning it.



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