The Italian Cultural & Community Center of Houston will celebrate Festa di Ferragosto. Originally, Feriae Augusti, a set of feasts established by Rome emperor Augustus, had the purpose to provide Roman citizens a longer period of rest after the harvest. Later, after the fall of the Roman Empire and the rise of Catholicism, this festival was converted into a religious festivity commemorating the Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven on August 15. Today, Ferragosto is celebrated during the middle of the Italian summer to mark the unofficial start of the summer holiday season.
The ICCC will be celebrating the Italian holiday with pizza and movie night with the screening of A Crazy Bunch of Friends directed by Sergio Colabona. The film will be in Italian with English subtitles.
The Italian Cultural & Community Center of Houston will celebrate Festa di Ferragosto. Originally, Feriae Augusti, a set of feasts established by Rome emperor Augustus, had the purpose to provide Roman citizens a longer period of rest after the harvest. Later, after the fall of the Roman Empire and the rise of Catholicism, this festival was converted into a religious festivity commemorating the Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven on August 15. Today, Ferragosto is celebrated during the middle of the Italian summer to mark the unofficial start of the summer holiday season.
The ICCC will be celebrating the Italian holiday with pizza and movie night with the screening of A Crazy Bunch of Friends directed by Sergio Colabona. The film will be in Italian with English subtitles.
The Italian Cultural & Community Center of Houston will celebrate Festa di Ferragosto. Originally, Feriae Augusti, a set of feasts established by Rome emperor Augustus, had the purpose to provide Roman citizens a longer period of rest after the harvest. Later, after the fall of the Roman Empire and the rise of Catholicism, this festival was converted into a religious festivity commemorating the Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven on August 15. Today, Ferragosto is celebrated during the middle of the Italian summer to mark the unofficial start of the summer holiday season.
The ICCC will be celebrating the Italian holiday with pizza and movie night with the screening of A Crazy Bunch of Friends directed by Sergio Colabona. The film will be in Italian with English subtitles.