Dottore, dottore
Dottore del buco del cul
Vaffancul! Vaffancul
Dottore del buco del cul
Vaffancul! Vaffancul
This is the song you’ll hear as you walk through the streets and piazze of Padova (and elsewhere in Italy) to alert you that a student has recently graduated. Look around and you’ll quickly spot them. They’re wearing a crown of laurel, dressed in their finest, and surrounded by classmates who routinely break into song to announce that their friend is now a graduate. Translated, the song goes:
Doctor, doctor
Doctor you’re an asshole
Fuck you! Fuck you!
Hmm…odd song. It means that you may be a graduate, but don’t get full of yourself, you’re still an asshole. You might think that this ritual only pertains to the male graduates, but you’d be wrong. Females garner the same song as they parade about town. This occurs almost daily in Padova as students must pass a series of tests administrated by their professor, so it's possible to graduate any day of the week since the whole class does not graduate as a group, but individually.
Doctor, doctor
Doctor you’re an asshole
Fuck you! Fuck you!
Hmm…odd song. It means that you may be a graduate, but don’t get full of yourself, you’re still an asshole. You might think that this ritual only pertains to the male graduates, but you’d be wrong. Females garner the same song as they parade about town. This occurs almost daily in Padova as students must pass a series of tests administrated by their professor, so it's possible to graduate any day of the week since the whole class does not graduate as a group, but individually.
Eventually prosecco and Aperol Spritz are served at some outdoor café in celebration. Back at their school, banners are hung with a caricature of the graduate, along with embarrassing testimonies from their classmates. Later in the day, the graduate may dress in an embarrassing costume, usually in the theme of their field of study, and lead a procession of friends on a drinking tour of the town.
It’s both humorous and celebratory. Cinzia loves spotting these laurel-heads and joining the procession for a bit. I suspect she’ll join in on the song one of these days too.
It’s both humorous and celebratory. Cinzia loves spotting these laurel-heads and joining the procession for a bit. I suspect she’ll join in on the song one of these days too.