Cantar le uove- what does it mean?
Posted by admin on April 3, 2021 in Uncategorized | ∞

In the period of Lent, when Easter is approaching, in the southern Langhe (Piemonte), especially in the Roero and Monferrato area, in the area now a UNESCO heritage site, there was an ancient custom among young farmers: to go and “sing the eggs ”- that is to go to the richest farms in the week before Easter and ask for eggs as a gift, singing and playing.