THE EPIPHANY

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THE EPIPHANY

• January 6

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How Epiphany Began

• Its the feast which recalls the visit of the
  Kings Magi to the child Jesus in the night
  between the 5th and the 6th of January. The
  Kings Magi were the priests of the religion in
  that time. Those three men, driven by the comet
  star, gave 3 precious gifts to Jesus gold,
  incense and myrrh. Arriving near a house they
  decided to stop to ask for directions. They
  knocked on the door and an old woman came to open
  the door. The Kings Magi asked the old one to
  join them, but she refused because she had much
  work to do. After the three kings had gone, the
  woman understood that she had made a mistake and
  decided to join them to go to find the Child
  Jesus. But she was not able to find them and then
  stopped every child to give him a gift in the
  hope that this was Child Jesus.

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Symbols

• The symbols of the epiphany are the comet star,
  the Kings magi who take gold, incense and myrrh,
  the old woman on a broom who gives gifts to the
  good boys and coal to the bad ones.

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Customs and Habits

• Every year, in the Epiphany evening the old woman
  searches for Jesus and stops at every home where
  there is a child to leave a gift, if he has been
  good, or coal, if instead he was bad. In the
  morning children find gifts. All children move
  the Kings Magi in front of Jesus in the crib. At
  lunch the cappelletti, a kind of pasta, is
  eaten.

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Bibliography

• www.quantomanca.com
• http//utenti.lycos.it/vocidalleonardo/bol_15/simb
  oli_e_segni.html

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Authors

• Giulia Rinaldi Ceroni
• Cesare Baracani