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Ragusa. | 
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church of St. Venera in Avola. | | the
statue of St. Venera. Avola. |
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| In
the province of Ragusa durino summer there are only a few religious and folkloric
events because the people's interest is concentrated on beach activities on the
kilometres long shore of the province. Only in Ispica in July there are two festivities
in honour of Our Lady of Grace, celebrated on the first Sunday of July, and the
Madonna del Carmelo, which is on the 16th. But celebrations usually take place
on the following Sunday. Besides the traditional religious events, various "pagan"
entertainment frame the festival. Every village along the seashore organises sports
tournaments, such as "tamburello", hand-ball, foot-ball, as well as
sailing and wind-surfing regattas organised by the various aquatic sports club
along the coast. Evening entertainment instead are very different. On every main
square of the villages, various performances take place: from dialect theatre
to piano-bar music, from cabaret to musical shows. Only matter is that the various
local administrations and organisation teams decide the program fro the events,
only a few days before they start, thus making it difficult to have a proper information
on time. In summer Comiso celebrates its patron S. Biagio. Celebrations take place
on the 2nd Sunday of July and are characterised by a procession of faithful, arranged
on two long lines, each one holding a big candle protected by a cup artistically
decorated. |
| Siracusa. |
On
the 25th of July the town of Siracusa will be in a state of excitement for its
patroness S. Venera. This festivity is very strongly felt, it occurs in a simple
way through the religious rites and is also characterised by the preview days.
The most important moment of the celebration is the procession of the statue and
the relics of the saint, which are usually kept in the church devoted to her.
In
the month of July at Noto there are several events that enliven the baroque town
of the Siracusa's province. On the 16th the Madonna del Carmine is celebrated
through a procession that involves a lot of people. During this religious days
there are also folklorist and gastronomic events, in particular the tuna festival.
Near the end of July a cultural and musical events "the night of Giufà"
takes place. It is a magic medly of sounds, colours and images in the name of
a "mth": Giufà, the silly and cheerful character that links together
origin, feelings and culture of the different souls of Mediterranean Sea.
At
castelluccio, close to Noto, S. Rita will be celebrated. Also in this case religion
merges with tradition and folklore becoming a real popular festival with typical
games performed, such as "tira e mmutta" (pull and push) and "ciapparedda".
During the festivity there is an auction sale of the local handicraft and the
festival of the home-made bread sandwiches. |
| Trapani. |
| Although
celebrations of Madonna del Carmelo, at Buseto Palizzolo, have a quite
recent origin, it is becoming more and more important over the years. The cult
for the Virgin is very old, but people have been celebrating her constantly for
the last 15 years, without folklore but with deep religious feelings. Although
the statue of the Virgin is housed in the mother church devoted to her, it comes
out in procession from the Madonna di fatima's church, in the district of Piano
Neve. Forty bearers lead the processional array and during their way they stop
and turn the statue let it facing the various districts so that the Virgin will
protect them with her glance. |
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