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Italian bonfires are a popular tradition in north-eastern Italy and western Emilia consisting in burning large piles of wood and branches in the first days of January (usually on the eve of Epiphany). Given its wide diffusion, there are many versions and names for it: in Friuli it is called in different ways: pignarûl (central Friuli), cabosse (in the lower Friuli), seima in Bisiacaria, falop, foghere/fogoron or caséra in the areas near the Tagliamento in central and western Friuli. In the part bordering on Veneto and in the Veneto provinces of Treviso and Venice panevìn or panaìn (from pan e vin, lit. 'bread and wine', as a sign of good wishes for a year of abundance), but also panèra, capàn, pìroła-pàroła, vècia (lit. 'old': pyres can take the shape of a puppet), fogherada and bubarata (Padua), in the Veronese and Polesine areas briolo, buriolo, brugnèlo, brujèo, bruja and the like, as well as in Mantua is burièl. In the provinces of Parma and Reggio Emilia it is called Fasagna. In the Bologna and Modena areas there is the custom of burning a puppet representing an old man (falò del vecchione, vciån in Bolognese), as on Lake Maggiore, where it is called se brüsa ul vécc.