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"Lu Sand'Andonje"
The antique tradition of singing for the collection of alms associated with the cult of Sant'Antonio Abate sees a revival in the alleyways and the small squares ...
February (1)
Celebrations in honour of Santa Scolastica
Each year on the 10 th of February in the small hamlet of Villa Garrulo a peculiar traditional rite is performed. Pregnant women, single women of marriageable ...
April (1)
Celebrations in honour of the Madonna dello Splendore
For over four hundred years, every April, Giulianova has been celebrating the cult of the Madonna dello Splendore. It is famous for the liturgic celebrations ...
May (1)
Procession in honour of San Michele Arcangelo
In the past, on the 8 th of May and on the 29 th of September, processions were organized as these were the periods of transhumance of the sheep herds from ...
June (1)
"Lu cencialone"
This agrarian custom has it that a bonfire is lit in the evening of the 28 th of June which is associated, within the hilly territory surrounding Silvi, with ...
July (5)
Shepherding Fair of Piano Roseto
Staged on top of the plateau of Piano Roseto, one of the most suggestive landscapes of the Abruzzo mountains, this fair represents a historical appointment for ...
Castelli Ceramic Arts Market-exhibition
The characteristic mountain village of Castelli is famous in the whole world for its ceramic art and hosts each year this historical market-exhibition along its ...
'G.Spitilli' Prize
Popular music, song, poetry and dance festival. Each summer this prize offers the numerous folklore lovers a blend of popular cultures made of ancient musical ...
Art and crafts in Castelbelfiore
Exhibition of arts and crafts, customs and popular traditions of Abruzzo. Antique occupations and old handicrafts shops are take life again within the suggestive ...
Exhibition of antique and modern embroideries and laces
This festival is dedicated to one of the most typical forms of artistic handicrafts of Abruzzo and to a exclusively women's tradition: the art of embroidery. ...
August (6)
Festivities in honour of Maria Santissima Assunta and procession to the sea
This suggestive and antique procession to the sea takes place on the day of the Feast of Santa Maria Assunta. Beach games tournaments (in the past the challenge ...
Festivities in honour of San Rocco
Like many other midsummer festivities, this thanksgiving festivity has a strong rural connotation. It celebrates the thaumaturgical qualities of the Pilgrim ...
Festivities and fair in honour of our Lady of the Assumption
The feast and the fair take place on the 15 th of August around the splendid church of Santa Maria di Ronzano, in the open country. Like many other midsummer ...
Val Fino al Canto
At the foot of the Gran Sasso, the small village of Arsita organizes each year an important event dedicated to music-ethnology and aiming at rediscovering and ...
International Folklore Meeting
This prestigious festival hosts folk groups from all over the world. Performance of the “laccio d'amore” (lace dance), a peculiar archaic dance typical of ...
Assumption fair
The traditional “aprutini” float parade, runs from the 13 th -century Palazzo dei Duchi d’Acquaviva to the roman-gothic style Cathedral dell'Assunta,through ...
September (1)
The “Insegna” dance
Every year on the 23 rd of September at midday, after the religious rites dedicated to the Virgin Maria Santissima della Misericordia, patron of the town, a ...
December (6)
Ethnographic Crib “the Laga People”
This crib is biggest in Abruzzo and counts among the most important of Italy. This great construction is set up over 600 sq. And allows the visitor to plunge ...
Festivities in honour of S.Berardo
This traditional religious feast is celebrated in honour of the town's Patron. On the 19 th of December the entire historical centre hosts the S.Berardo Fair ...
Christmas Bonfire
This antique religious rite roots in prehistoric times and involves today the entire population of the village. Over 100 quintals of wood are burnt without ...
Life Crib of Cerqueto
It is the most antique life crib within the Province of Teramo and is characterized by the magical and absorbed atmosphere of this little village cradled on the ...
The night of the Faugni
This event, during which a millinery rite is celebrated, represents the most magical and enchanting appointment for the ducal city. “The Faugni” are high burning ...
Live Crib of Giulianova
The Christmas tradition of the “Live Crib” comes to life every year within the historical centre of the coast town of Giulianova on the 26 th of December. ...