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Orange battle
Italy, yesterday on the main square of the town of Ivrea (near Turin) passed the famous "orange battle» (battaglia delle arance), marks the beginning of the annual carnival. After the costume parade through the streets of the city was divided into several sections - some townspeople fought against the others. The main purpose - to cast aside opponents oranges so that they came out of the "battle».
This frenzy of orange symbolizes the uprising that occurred in Ivrea in 1194 against the then reigning Emperor Frederick. Local Joan of Arc, a kind of Violetta, then raised a rebellion, which ended the imperial storm the castle and the liberation of peoples from the yoke of the ruler.
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This frenzy of orange symbolizes the uprising that occurred in Ivrea in 1194 against the then reigning Emperor Frederick. Local Joan of Arc, a kind of Violetta, then raised a rebellion, which ended the imperial storm the castle and the liberation of peoples from the yoke of the ruler.
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