{"id":42684,"date":"2023-04-16T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-16T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www1.romereports.com\/2023\/04\/16\/flag-wavers-with-over-50-years-of-tuscan-tradition-play-for-pope-francis\/"},"modified":"2023-04-16T12:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-16T10:30:00","slug":"flag-wavers-with-over-50-years-of-tuscan-tradition-play-for-pope-francis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/2023\/04\/16\/flag-wavers-with-over-50-years-of-tuscan-tradition-play-for-pope-francis\/","title":{"rendered":"Flag-wavers with over 50 years of Tuscan tradition play for Pope Francis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Italian flags group\u2014 known as the Flag-wavers of the Florentine Villages &amp; Sestieri\u2014performs all over the world. They also performed for Pope Francis at the beginning of one of his General Audiences. Trumpeter Giovanni Alamanni describes the experience as emotional.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>GIOVANNI ALAMANNI <br \/>\nTrumpet player, Flag-wavers of Florentine Villages &amp; Sestieri<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>I was both excited and moved and I was not able to breathe inside the trumpet. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>When Pope Francis spoke to the group, Alamanni said it felt more like a conversation with a friend, especially when he asked them to pray for him.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All the members are volunteers that practice twice each week and perform in approximately thirty exhibitions each year.<\/p>\n<p>After 10 years with the group, Alamanni says performing for Pope Francis is his favorite. But the second best was 7 years ago.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>GIOVANNI ALAMANNI <br \/>\nTrumpet player, Flag-wavers of Florentine Villages &amp; Sestieri<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Before this one, the most beautiful performance that I did was in Tokoyo in 2016. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1965, the Flag-wavers of the Florentine Villages &amp; Sestieri combine Tuscan tradition with the ancient practice of military flag-waving. The group consists of captains, drummers, trumpeters, and flag-wavers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>AT&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Founded in 1965, the Flag-wavers of the Florentine Villages &#038; Sestieri combine Tuscan tradition with the ancient practice of military flag-waving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":7022,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/PIJ0e6_ioVo","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bflagseng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bflagsint.mp4","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42684"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}