San Bartolomeo Celebration Alicudi On August 24 in Alicudi takes place the San Bartolomeo celebration, a very important holiday for all of the Aeolian Islands. The day of celebration of the saint patron of the Aeolian Islands recalls the attention of many tourists and is a particularly important day, celebrated on each island according to own traditions. In Alicudi the Saint Bartolomeo celebration is made of moments of pray and the statue of olive, kept in the new church of Alicudi, is carried during the procession on the shoulders of some of the inhabitants. After it there is the procession…
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Rite of broom Vulcano Vulcano
Rite of broom The yellow colour of brooms which enchanted Leopardi, the beauty of the nature which overwhelms and fascinates, the splendour of finished and unfinished nature , have always attracted the attention of man who remains in a religious admiration in front of such immense and generous views. The Vulcano island, of a majestic and imperious beauty, is famous for the Sagra della Ginestra ( Festival of the Broom), the event organized in June, lasts three days or the whole week, with programs varying each year. These are the days dedicated to amusement, there is celebration in the air,…
Saint Pietro Celebration Panarea
Panarea: Saint Pietro Celebration The whole world knows and recognizes the figures of Saint Pietro and Paolo, the apostles of Jesus Christ, the apostles of people who evangelized Jews and Greeks, and brought the message of Christ throughout the world. They died as martyrs in Rome under the emperor Nerone , on June 29. The whole world, with great devotion and faith respects and remembers them praying. Panarea, the wonderful island of the Aeolian archipelago, celebrates S. Pietro, the patron saint of the island, in a particularly devotee way. The Saint’s statue is brought over the shoulder of devotees along…
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