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August
August in southern Italy is hot, expensive and crowded. Everyone is on holiday and
while it may no longer be true that everything is shut, many businesses and restaur-
ants do close for part of the month.
Ferragosto
After Christmas and Easter, Ferragosto is Italy's biggest holiday. While it now marks the
Feast of the Assumption, even the ancient Romans once honoured their pagan gods on
Feriae Augusti. Naples lets loose with particular fervour.
La Notte della Taranta
Puglia celebrates its hypnotic
pizzica
dance with the Night of the Taranta
(
www.lanottedellataranta.it
)
, a two-week festival held in tiny Melpignano. Dancing aside,
the event also showcases Salento's folk-music traditions.
