Ferragosto is an Italian holiday celebrated on August 15. Originally, it was related to a celebration of the middle of the summer & the end of the hard labour in the fields. In occasion, Roman Catholicism adopted this date as a Holy Day of Obligation to commemorate the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary the real corporal elevation of her sinless soul and incorrupt body into Heaven. Ferragosto is celebrated on the 15th of August, is one of Italy's most important and most cherished holidays. It has its origins in antiquity, and has changed and evolved over the centuries, but as Gianni Di Gregorio's wonderful film Pranzo di Ferragosto illustrated so powerfully, the Italian who finds him or herself working / away from family on this summer holiday feels especially hard done by.
