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CHRISTMAS PASTORALE PIPER OF CAPRI |
HARDY YOUNG COUPLE OF MOUNTAINOUS SARDINIA |
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| He follows a hereditary calling and pipes before the shrines and in the houses of the islanders at Christmastide, for the shepherds played at the birth of Christ and he holds that this act of devotion should be annually repeated | Natives of Iglesias, Sardinia, these young married people, with their open faces and sturdy frames, are excellent representatives of the vigorous mountain race from which they have sprung. The bride's dress bespeaks European influence, but the bridegroom displays the silver buttons, voluminous trousers, and quaintly-shaped cap still in vogue among his conservative countrymen |