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Skip to content Sections SEARCH The Daily SUBSCRIBE FOR $1/WEEKLog in Sunday, April 23, 2023 Today’s Paper SUBSCRIBE FOR $1/WEEK The Daily|The Sunday Read: ‘Why Are These Italians Massacring Each Other With Oranges?’ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/23/podcasts/the-daily/the-sunday-read-why-are-these-italians-massacring-each-other-with-oranges.html * Give this article * * * + Advertisement Continue reading the main story The DailySubscribe: * Apple Podcasts * Google Podcasts April 23, 2023 THE SUNDAY READ: ‘WHY ARE THESE ITALIANS MASSACRING EACH OTHER WITH ORANGES?’ EVERY WINTER, IVREA ERUPTS INTO A FEROCIOUS THREE-DAY FESTIVAL WHERE ITS CITIZENS PELT ONE ANOTHER WITH 900 TONS OF ORANGES. (YES, ORANGES.) Narrated by Jon Mooallem transcript Back to The Daily bars 0:00/0:00 -0:00 Listen Previous More episodes ofThe Daily April 23, 2023The Sunday Read: ‘Why Are These Italians Massacring Each Other With Oranges?’ April 21, 2023 • 26:45Why Low-Ranking Soldiers Have Access to Top Secret Documents April 20, 2023 • 24:47The Blockbuster Fox Defamation Trial That Wasn’t April 19, 2023 • 28:08Abortion Goes to the Supreme Court (Again) April 18, 2023 • 29:27How the I.R.S. Became a Political Boogeyman April 17, 2023 • 25:58China and Taiwan: A Torrid Backstory April 16, 2023The Sunday Read: ‘The Daring Ruse That Exposed China’s Campaign to Steal American Secrets’ April 14, 2023 • 35:04Broadway’s Longest-Running Musical Turns Out the Lights April 13, 2023 • 29:36What We’re Learning From the Leaked Military Documents April 12, 2023 • 30:07How Strong (or Not) Is New York’s Case Against Trump? April 11, 2023 • 36:17Inside Russia’s Crackdown on Dissent April 10, 2023 • 30:05An Extraordinary Act of Political Retribution in Tennessee See All Episodes ofThe Daily Next April 23, 2023, 6:00 a.m. ET * Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share. Give this article * * * + * Read in app By Jon Mooallem Produced by Jack D’Isidoro and Aaron Esposito Edited by John Woo Original music by Aaron Esposito Engineered by Dan Farrell LISTEN AND FOLLOW THE DAILY APPLE PODCASTS | SPOTIFY | STITCHER -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- One Sunday in February, in a northern Italian town called Ivrea, the facades of historic buildings were covered with plastic sheeting and nets. And in several different piazzas, hundreds of wooden crates had appeared. Inside them were oranges. Oranges, the fruit. Over the next three days, 8,000 people in Ivrea would throw 900 tons of oranges at one another, one orange at a time, while tens of thousands of other people watched. They would throw the oranges very hard, very viciously, often while screaming profanities at their targets or yowling like Braveheart. But they would also keep smiling as they threw the oranges, embracing and joking and cheering one another on, exhibiting with their total beings a deranged-seeming but euphoric sense of abandon and belonging — a freedom that was easy to envy but difficult to understand. The Battle of the Oranges is an annual tradition in Ivrea and part of a larger celebration described by its organizers as “the most ancient historical Carnival in Italy.” Several people in Ivrea told the writer Jon Mooallem that as three pandemic years had passed in which no oranges were thrown, they grew concerned that something bad would happen in the community — that without this catharsis, a certain pent-up, sinister energy would explode. And on that day in February, three years of constrained energy was due to explode all at once. Advertisement Continue reading the main story -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There are a lot of ways to listen to ‘The Daily.’ Here’s how. We want to hear from you. Tune in, and tell us what you think. Email us at thedaily@nytimes.com. Follow Michael Barbaro on Twitter: @mikiebarb. And if you’re interested in advertising with The Daily, write to us at thedaily-ads@nytimes.com. * Dig deeper into the moment. Special offer: Subscribe for $1 a week for the first year. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Additional production for The Sunday Read was contributed by Emma Kehlbeck, Parin Behrooz, Anna Diamond, Sarah Diamond, Jack D’Isidoro, Elena Hecht, Desiree Ibekwe, Tanya Pérez, Marion Lozano, Naomi Noury, Krish Seenivasan, Corey Schreppel, Kate Winslett and Tiana Young. Special thanks to Mike Benoist, Sam Dolnick, Laura Kim, Julia Simon, Lisa Tobin, Blake Wilson and Ryan Wegner. Advertisement Continue reading the main story COMMENTS The Sunday Read: ‘Why Are These Italians Massacring Each Other With Oranges?’Skip to Comments Share your thoughts. The Times needs your voice. We welcome your on-topic commentary, criticism and expertise. Comments are moderated for civility. 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