[📷 @c_j4mes #canonaustralia #EOS1200D ] Italians: not only food! - Asso Di Bastoni - Canvas. Bedroom. In South Italy there are different playing cards. Neapolitan cards are the most popular. They don't have the same suits of the French playing cards. Instead, they have : Bastoni (bats), Denari (coins), Coppe (cups) and, Spade (swords). Each represents a category of the mediaeval society: bats is for the farmer, coins for the merchants, cups for the priests, and swords the knights. In the city of Naples holiness and profanity work together. Don't be surprised to find there very religious people who are able to read your future using the cards! The Ace of Bat has a very powerful meaning. Connected with earth, the soil, the sexualty, and virility, it could have positive or negative relevance, depending if it comes on the table upsidedown or not. It has been for a while a criminal's tattoo. It was the symbol for someone who was a fighter, someone who was "good with his fists". (🎨 @c_j4mes ) #cards #neapolitan #playingcards #bats #tattoo #badroom #design #furniture #italianstyle #craft #handmade #paint #art #italian #south #naples #tradition #fortune #future #creative #Melbourne #Australia (at Melbourne, Australia)