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Folk tradition
Images from Sardinia’s Carnival
Mercato del Campo: Siena brings back to life the 1300s
In awe of hard work: De Cagna light installations
Palio del Golfo in La Spezia: let the race begin
The Cavalcata Sarda: Sardinia’s traditions parade through Sassari
The streets of Salerno light up with Artists’ Lights
Candles for Saint Dominic and the dream of the world’s light
The Palio of the Donkeys in Torrita di Siena
Symbols of the past and of the present in the carnival of Satriano
The real Venice of the Historical Regatta
The Machine of Saint Rose, a tower of light in Viterbo
The Palio dell’Argentario, where the winds race
Calcio fiorentino, a noble and ancient sport
Italy’s many palios: horse racing, jousting and Medieval traditions
The Torciata in Pitigliano: the fire of tradition in a beautiful medieval town
The Farchie in Fara Filiorum Petri: torches of salvation
Novoli’s fòcara: purification for the new year
The Barcolana: October of sails, sea, and sky in Trieste
Messina’s “Vara”: five centuries in procession
The Ascoli Piceno Quintana: the Middle Ages are coming back on August 2
The Luminara of San Ranieri in Pisa: religious and folk tradition
Guido Piovene and Gubbio’s Race of the Candles
The San Casciano bonfires: a festival of fire
Hermann Hesse and the Explosion of the Cart in Florence, on Easter 1901
The Sartiglia in Oristano and the man with no identity
Ivrea’s Carnival and the Battle of the Oranges
The millenarian Festival of Sant’Orso in Aosta
Poor people’s gratitude, in Colognora’s Chestnut Museum
