Always after Easter, on time in days: 21-22-23 April 24 and here we are again for the great gathering.:
"The great feast of St. George with the chariot race"
The carresi of Chieuti and other country are among the events Basso Molise folk the most beautiful and oldest in Italy. Though little known to the other regions, collect more widespread success.
For centuries, every year Chieuti, Ururi Portocannone and San Martino in Pensilis, the latter non-Albanians, there is the Carrese: the chariot race.
Dates: April 22
Chieuti
San Martino in Pensilis April 30 May 3
Ururi
Portocannone The Monday after Pentecost
San Martino in Pensilis April 30 May 3
Ururi
Portocannone The Monday after Pentecost
But what is the origin of Carrese?
E 'absolutely reject the hypothesis that this event is linked to Albanian culture as in other regions of Italy where there are communities "arbresche" there is no testimony about the Carrese. With a lot of the probabiilità
Carrese traces its origins to the Spring Festival (1700) and was considered as some rite for the harvest and competitive engagement of men and animals after the winter rest. Subsequently, the Church has taken control of the event by linking it to the lives of saints. And that is why in the Chieuti Carrese is linked to the feast of St. George , San Martino to the translation of the body of Saint Leo, on the feast of Ururi Wood of the Cross and Portocannone the feast of Our Lady of Constantinople.
ancient organization of the wagons was entrusted to individual households or a small group of people who used to ride the horse to work their farms. The tank crewman were mostly men who worked the lands of their masters or friends of the same and formed the "Party." The race however was held in a different way than today in terms of general organization of the wagon, a number of participants, speed, location, etc..
Today the "party" belongs to a group of partners and very popular character, the entire population is involved and also immigrants or foreigners take the opportunity to return. There is a predisposition to spontaneous natural getting caught by the force that transmits the power of oxen unleashed on the run by the Knights that make you and urge them to go faster and to surpass. The noise of the wagons, the incitement of the knights, the euphoria and tears of the people that "fans" to his chariot also involves the most politically indifferent. The
Carrese is an event that goes beyond his performance, is both historic and symbolic representation and also, like any event, there are myths and legends that are handed down and remember with particular passion: Aliotta and Prince, Ringo, Knight and Wooden Leg; Calabrese and poor lover, are some of the names of oxen, which frequently occur in the speeches of tank drivers and their supporters.
E 'absolutely reject the hypothesis that this event is linked to Albanian culture as in other regions of Italy where there are communities "arbresche" there is no testimony about the Carrese. With a lot of the probabiilità
Carrese traces its origins to the Spring Festival (1700) and was considered as some rite for the harvest and competitive engagement of men and animals after the winter rest. Subsequently, the Church has taken control of the event by linking it to the lives of saints. And that is why in the Chieuti Carrese is linked to the feast of St. George , San Martino to the translation of the body of Saint Leo, on the feast of Ururi Wood of the Cross and Portocannone the feast of Our Lady of Constantinople.
ancient organization of the wagons was entrusted to individual households or a small group of people who used to ride the horse to work their farms. The tank crewman were mostly men who worked the lands of their masters or friends of the same and formed the "Party." The race however was held in a different way than today in terms of general organization of the wagon, a number of participants, speed, location, etc..
Today the "party" belongs to a group of partners and very popular character, the entire population is involved and also immigrants or foreigners take the opportunity to return. There is a predisposition to spontaneous natural getting caught by the force that transmits the power of oxen unleashed on the run by the Knights that make you and urge them to go faster and to surpass. The noise of the wagons, the incitement of the knights, the euphoria and tears of the people that "fans" to his chariot also involves the most politically indifferent. The
Carrese is an event that goes beyond his performance, is both historic and symbolic representation and also, like any event, there are myths and legends that are handed down and remember with particular passion: Aliotta and Prince, Ringo, Knight and Wooden Leg; Calabrese and poor lover, are some of the names of oxen, which frequently occur in the speeches of tank drivers and their supporters.
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