Trieste’s Ilara Cigar Keeps New Year’s Day Tradition Alive With Barcola Dive

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by Steven Jewett

Ilara Cigar, the daughter of famous Mario Cigar, 83, known to Triestini as the daredevil who goes for a swim every 1st of January, kept alive a New Year’s Day tradition in Trieste.