How to begin a year: Rome tradition, but for the bravest one!

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A group of Italians plunged off a bridge into the freezing waters of Rome's Tiber River on Sunday (January 1).

The annual Tiber Dive has been celebrated on the first day of the New Year since 1946. This year four divers took part, some with more style than others, diving or jumping off the 17-metre high Cavour Bridge in the centre of the Italian capital.

Veteran diver, 64-year-old Maurizio Palmulli, known as Mister O.K., took his place for the final dive. He saluted the crowd after being pulled from the water onto a rescue boat after his dive.


Key words: Rome, divers, Tiber, Cavour Bridge.