Italian Idol

Come join us next thrusday!

Each Contrada has a performing act & the winning Contrada gets a pizza party for their class.

It should be a fun activity :]

CHIOCCIOLA

CHIOCCIOLA!

This year's classes: White & Young

Traditionally the residents were Terracotta Makers.

Location: SW corner of the city

Motto: "With slow & deliberate steps, snail leaves the battlefield triumphant"

Colors: red, yellow, blue

Patron Saints: apostles Peter & Paul

Rival contrada: Tartuca

Ally: Istrice

Last win in Siena: 1999

Last win at BYU: Nov 2010!

Official Site 

ONDA

ONDA

This year's classes: Woodall & Vazquez
Traditionally the residents were Carpenters. 
Location: South of Piazza del Campo, in the center of Siena 
Colors: blue & white
Fun Facts: Onda has the title of contrada capitana bc in the past the soldiers mounted guard at the Palazzo Publico.
Motto: "The color of Heaven, the force of the sea"
Rival Contrada: Torre 
Ally: Tartuca

Onda's Fountain:

OFFICIAL SITE

Civetta

Civetta (Owl)

This year's classes: Haraguchi & Brown
Traditionally the residents were shoemakers. 
Location: north of the Piazza, in the center of the Siena.
Colors: red, white, black
Motto: "Vedo nella Notte (I see in the night)"

Fun Fact: For years Civetta was considered the nonna bc it hadn't won a palio for over 30 years, but in 2009 they won & lost their nickname nonna.

Rival Contrada: Leocorno
Allies: Aquila & Istrice

Official Website

DRAPPELLONE CONTEST!

WHAT THE HECK IS A DRAPPELLONE??

It is the name of the actual 'Palio,' the painted banner that is handed to the winner of the race. Each year the banner is painted specifically for that Palio. It is shaped like a long rectangle and usually has symbols of each contrada and the stemma of Siena. Each contrada saves their winning drappellone in their museum. When I went to Siena, I saw these drappellone in Bruco's Museum. These are dated to the 1700s. WOW!

It's a big deal.

Examples of past drappellone in Siena:

Our drappellone last year:

Last year we had a great design & this year we want YOU to come up with your own idea.

You can design it all on the computer or you can paint or draw your own idea and scan/photograph it, or a little bit of both. Keep in mind that the resolution needs to be big enough for us to print it banner size (300dpi).

2 things it NEEDS to show: 

representation of all the contrade, and say somewhere "Il Palio di BYU Inverno 2012."

HINTS: 

Gain inspiration from the examples shown above, display Siena's history and culture, and be creative.

Then submit your pic to byuitalianclub@gmail.com. 

DEADLINE: MARCH 27th

We'll choose the top submissions and then that week we will hold a poll voting thing on the blog and everyone will vote! The winner will receive recognition at the palio and some sort of great prize (giftcard possibly or something along the lines, we aren't sure what yet).

AQUILA

Aquila (Eagle)

This year's classes: Lemmons & Caramia
Traditionally the residents were notaries. 
Location: SW of Piazza del Campo & home to the Duomo
Colors: yellow, blue, black
Fun Facts: L'Aquila is the only contrada to have a woman jockey & it has the oldest surviving Palio in its Museo, dated 1719 (that is so old!!)
Rival Contrada: Pantera
Allies: Civetta & Drago

Aquila's Fountain

Last victory in Siena: 1992
Last victory at BYU: n/a 


Official Website

LUPA

Lupa (Wolf)

This year's classes: Sabey & Fuller

Traditionally the residents were bakers.

Location: North of the Piazza del Campo

Motto: In Latin it is "Et Urbis Et Senae Signum Et Decu," which a rough translation would be "Sign of Beauty in the City of Siena"

Colors: black, white & orange

Patron Saint: Sant Rocco


Last win in Siena: 1989

Last win at BYU: n/a 

Official Site