Share Album Published March 10, 2020 Pic Nic at the "Favorita" Park. Palermo The popular Palermitan spends the main festivities at the Royal Park of the "Favorita", once a hunting reserve for the "Borboni" royalty. Bring everything from home by eating all day until the evening when you return home favorita palermo pic nic popular popular traditions sicilia sicilianity sicily
Share Album Published March 7, 2020 Procession of the "Madonna" on December 8, in the church of S. Francesco D'Assisi. Palermo Procession for the day of the "Madonna" on December 8, the statue of the Madonna, kept in the Church of S. Francesco D'Assisi, is carried in procession through the streets of the center of Palermo with a tribute to the same statue that is found in Piaz… church dassisi december8 faithful francesco madonna palermo procession religion san san francesco dassisi sicilia sicilianity sicily
Share Album Published September 12, 2017 " Vampe " of S.Giuseppe, Palermo The S.Giuseppe Vampa, in Italian fires, is a propitiatory tradition in which the old masses are burned to kick the past and open up to a new future of abundance. They occur on the eve of S.Giuseppe, a carpenter, and in fact old lumber and furniture are burnt. Children make the main part of Pira's construction and adults for safety fire damage. Every neighborhood has its own Vampa, which does not fail despite the prohibitions of lighting fire in the street. Even the puppet burned has its symbolic value, that of eliminating the old Grandpa and giving space to the new. abundance fire giuseppe palermo prosperity saintgiuseppe san giuseppe sangiuseppe sicilia sicilianity vampe