barberi
English translation: \"barberi\" balls
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| Italian to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / Siena | |||||||
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peer agreement (net): +1colored wooden marbles Explanation: The phrase that you cite comes from something about Siena, and Wikipedia, under "Barbero (Palio di Siena)", provides the following: "Per omologia, con lo stesso termine sono indicate le tradizionali biglie in legno colorate con le insegne delle Contrade, utilizzate sia per "correre" per gioco la "carriera" su speciali piste di legno, sia dal Comune per effettuare l'estrazione dei posti tra i canapi alla mossa il giorno del Palio." Performing a Google image search for "barberi" will turn up a number of pictures of them. https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbero_(Palio_di_Siena) https://www.noiframmentidisiena.it/rubriche/senti-che-storia/296-i-barberi-da-tasca.html |
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"barberi" balls Explanation: Barbero: (1) horse that runs in the Palio race. (2) Ball-shaped decoration made from wood or of earthenware, hand painted in the colors of the Contrada. - GLOSSARY - by Helen Elizabeth Sadler https://www.ilpalio.org/palioenglish2.htm The game of Barberi, small wooden balls with colors of the contrade of 'Palio di Siena', Italy https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_game_of_Barberi,... The barberi balls, which are painted in the colours of the city's 17 contrade (districts), can be purchased at shops including Antica Siena in the Campo and there are marble pistas at the Fortezza Medicea and opposite the Fontebranda. https://www.lonelyplanet.com/italy/siena/in-location/other-f... |
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