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Vizzini, during the festival of ricotta, a boy among those who made the ricotta, wore the coppola. The name "coppola" is probably a sicilin adaptation of English "cap" (hat), and by extension, in siculo indicates the head, but the origin has etymological roots locally, and the Latin "caput" -head- remained in the italian "head".
The word "coppola" referring to the hat later became popular in the rest of Italy and came swiftly in the dictionaries Italian.
Initially used by the English nobility in the eighteenth century, coppola went to Sicily in the early 1900s, being worn by people driving a car. Today is a symbol of the Sicilian culture.

Nikon D300 - Nikkor VR 18-200
Focal lenght 200mm
Iso 200 - f/5,6 - 1/100sec.
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