“Tombola Vajassa” is back: the wildly immoral Neapolitan game of bingo that has become a cultural phenomenon. With the arrival of Christmas, Tombola Vajassa returns to the heart of Napoli’ historic center. This famous and irreverent reinterpretation of the traditional game of bingo has become a veritable social and media phenomenon in recent years. The […]
San Gregorio Armeno and Santa Partizia. Armenian and Byzantine heritage in Napoli.
Via San Gregorio Armeno in Napoli is a 2500 year old road that connects Spaccanapoli to Piazza San Gaetano, the ancient Greek Agora’. It is a road always connected with the oriental religious world. It is a place that has seen the succession of different cults and beliefs, from the practice of the cult of […]
‘A Pizza ‘e scarole. A must from our Christmas menu.
In Napoli, ‘a pizza ‘e scarole Or ‘a pizza cu ‘a scarola (endive escarola pizza) is never missing from the Christmas menu. It is a delight served as an appetizer on Christmas Eve and on Christmas Day but it is good at any time of the year! Traditionally in Napoli lard is used but we […]
Tombola Vajassa is back!
Also this year the light-heartedness of the funniest “tombola” (bingo) of Neapolitan girls: “la Tombola Vajassa” returns. It is a real mass phenomenon, mentioned in books and recommended in tourist guides. This is the spectacularization of the game of tombola as it is played in the “low” neighborhoods of the most popular (and therefore more […]
The Historic Neapolitan Tombola from 1734 is back!
The most entertaining, engaging and educational Christmas show is back. ‘A Tombola Storica Napulitana d‘ ‘o 1734 a llengua napulitana (The Historic Neapolitan Tombola from 1734 in the Neapolitan language) is a show/game written by Davide Brandi which will be staged on the day of the Immaculate Conception (December 8th, 2022) at Palazzo Venezia in […]