The Lowcountry has no shortage of cultural festivals, and yet two years ago a group of area residents felt something was still missing.

"We have every festival imaginable in the tri-county area, but there was no Italian festival," said Teri Lupinacci.

And thus the Lowcountry Festa Italiana, LLC was born. The nonprofit organization exists to promote the Italian culture, said Lupinacci, the organization's president, and is centered around their largest event of the year, the Italiana festival.

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