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www.wHATIsyOURNAME.yOU (MANUAL) 163 economical pressures that push millions of people to leave their countries and move to richer countries have caused a change of social reality. It is a change that not only con- cerns the fact that you can get products and information easily, or that you can eat a pizza margherita anywhere, but also implies a relationship with people born in other countries of the world. These people bring different traditions and cultures, which, without a reflexive approach, seem to be incommensurable. Adolescents, like children, perhaps succeed more than adults in opening up to different cultures, thanks to the curiosity that pushes them towards whatever is new and different. It is thanks to this curiosity that Rosaria, in the last episode, discovers how Fela is linked to his Nigerian origins. Even though he arrived in Italy when he was a child, Fela has not lost his ties with them, for even his name recalls a parti- cular phase of Nigerian history. Also, even though he grew up in an Italian family and learned their culture and traditions, he remains close to his grandma, the only survivor of his birth family. The boy, respectful of the Neapolitan tradition of the Sunday lunch, uses it to meet his grandma with his adoptive family every Sunday. He has become a living bridge between his native culture and that of the family in which he grew up; in fact, his stepsister considers Fela’s grandma to be her third grandma. You can find further resources to explore the concept “traditions” in the manual for Hanadi, episode 5. Discussion Plan: Culture and traditions 1. Does my name have a meaning in my culture? 2. Does my name have a meaning within my family’s traditions? 3. Is every person’s name meaningful? 4. If I have my grandfather’s or grandmother’s name, does that mean that I am continuing a family tradition? 5. Every year, on the first of January, my family and I celebrate the New Year, but my Chinese friend does not. Why? 6. Why do the children from my area do San Antonio’s bonfires on January 17th, but not those who live in Vomero?28 7. Why does Rahma’s mother always wear a headscarf? 8. When Gennaro’s grandmother goes to the church she wears a headscarf. Does she do it for the same reasons as Rahma’s mother? 9. Andrea’s family is very Catholic and they never eat meat on Fridays. If Andrea eats a hamburger on Friday, does he violate a rule or a tradition? 10. Flora’s family is vegetarian and they never eat meat. If Flora eats a hamburger does she violate a rule or a tradition? 11. If my Indian friend moves his head from left to right when he nods, instead of up and down, can I understand what he wants to say? 28 One of the neighborhoods in Naples.