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Visiting Sicily with Carmelina

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Recently Sicily Inside and Out spoke to Carmelina Ricciardello, the founder of Sicilian Experience who offers personalized guided tours of the island, she gave us a wonderful list of things to see and do in Sicily. Carmelina is a charming lady, a lover of Sicily and a true Sicilian who is dedicated to promoting her…

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Postcards from Sicily: Pupi

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My son loves knights and dragons. He keeps begging me to buy him one of these marionette puppets, he would be drooling if he saw this big guy. I love the Pupi Siciliani as a form of Sicilian theatre that originated in the 18th Century and retold epic battles and tales of old. It nearly…

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