On Monday, we drove to the town of Signa, which is located on the Arno River a few miles west of Florence. April 25 was a trifecta of annual celebrations for the residents: Pasquetta (the Monday after Easter is a holiday here), Liberation Day (celebrating the end of World War II), and the Feast of Beata Giovanna (Blessed Joan), a holy woman from Signa who died in the early fourteenth century. The latter event is celebrated with a procession of townspeople in colorful, handmade period costumes, accompanied by trumpets, drummers, banners, archers, flag-swingers, and groups representing the various major and minor guilds of the medieval town. We were lucky to get a spot right on the route to experience all the morning's pageantry.Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Procession in Signa
On Monday, we drove to the town of Signa, which is located on the Arno River a few miles west of Florence. April 25 was a trifecta of annual celebrations for the residents: Pasquetta (the Monday after Easter is a holiday here), Liberation Day (celebrating the end of World War II), and the Feast of Beata Giovanna (Blessed Joan), a holy woman from Signa who died in the early fourteenth century. The latter event is celebrated with a procession of townspeople in colorful, handmade period costumes, accompanied by trumpets, drummers, banners, archers, flag-swingers, and groups representing the various major and minor guilds of the medieval town. We were lucky to get a spot right on the route to experience all the morning's pageantry.
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