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Festivals Celebrations & Protests: Celebrations
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  • Written by shivan on Sep 7, 2003
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    • Roma has won the 2000-2001 Italian Championship, after 18 years of waiting.

    On June 17th, an estimated million people filled roads and squares in Rome celebrating the victory, parading with flags, motorbikes, scooters, carrying flags and sometimes dressed as ancient centurions.

    The party lasted all the night and for the upcoming 7 days and nights. The city traffic has been partly paralyzed. I'm also proud to say that nobody has remained injured or got jailed during the party.

    Some days later a big concert took place in Circo Massimo (an ancient Roman arena in Rome) with 1,2 million people attending.

    Here are some shots of that day, courtesy of Carlo (for more please contact my friend Carlo).

    This is Piazza del Popolo on june 17th

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    Festivals Celebrations & Protests: REAL ROMANS HERE!
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    • This me and some friends, some REAL ROMANS, standing on top of a wall in Piazza del popolo, celebrating the great victory.

    The happiness has been undescribable. I don't envy supporters of bigger teams because they always win, and their happiness is not the same... (I'm serious...)

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    Local Customs: 1 million supporters
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    • another photo in piazza del popolo, showing supporters.

    It has been estimated that about 1 million people where celebrating in the streets that afternoon

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    • people climbing everywhere, singing and laughing and dancing.

    It has been the greatest party after a sports victory in italy, maybe in the world

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    Festivals Celebrations & Protests: Centurions
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    • Believe me. There are some people dressed like ancient centurions (the ancient Rome warriors) walking in the street.

    Traffic was completely blocked. Somewhere supporters built a stage for an improvised concert, in the middle of a road.

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    Local Customs: Tourists
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    • I saw many tourists in the Corso surrounded by waves of crazy people shouting a running everywhere.

    It has been funny to see their faces, embarassed (Especially the japanese), a bit scared sometimes, but most of the times really happy because they were living a unique event in Rome.

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    terible22 Tue Nov 11, 2008 18:49 UTC
     Nicola,You have some wonderful photos, I only hope to visit there someday!    		marielexoteria Thu May 1, 2008 06:35 UTC
     It's nice to read your tips :)
    icunme Sun Feb 3, 2008 20:46 UTC
     Hi Nicola - Wow, those night photos are outstanding! I'll return often to see your pages. Good thoughts and wishes, Carol    		Escadora7 Tue Oct 30, 2007 06:13 UTC
     Hello Nicola - beautiful pictures! We only had 3 days in your city, but we fell in love with it! Best wishes from Los Angeles, Ash & Eve
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