Festivals in Italy: Palio Di Siena, Befana, Contrade of Siena, View Conference, Palio Di Asti, Corteo Storico, Carnival of Venice
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ISBN10: 1156467810
ISBN13: 9781156467817
Publisher: Books Llc
Pages: 108
Weight: 0.46
Height: 0.22 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781156467817
Publisher: Books Llc
Pages: 108
Weight: 0.46
Height: 0.22 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: Palio di Siena, Befana, Contrade of Siena, VIEW Conference, Palio di Asti, Corteo Storico, Carnival of Venice, Farchie Festival, Containerart, Baio, Ndocciata, Tuscan Sun Festival, Meeting for friendship among peoples, Il Ballo del Doge, Festa del Redentore, Italian Festivals, Calcio Fiorentino, BergamoScienza, Giubiana, Festarch, Almabtrieb, Festa della Repubblica, Venetian Festival, EuroChocolate, Vogalonga, Carnival of Viareggio, Brazil Festival of Italy, Lazio between Europe and the Mediterranean Festival, Sagra, Sagra Musicale Malatestiana, Trionfo, Gran Ballo della Cavalchina, Magmart, Aria di Festa, Venice Literary Biennale. Excerpt: The Palio di Siena (known locally simply as Il Palio) is a horse race held twice each year on July 2 and August 16 in Siena, Italy, in which ten horses and riders, bareback and dressed in the appropriate colours, represent ten of the seventeen Contrade, or city wards. The Palio held on July 2 is named Palio di Provenzano, in honour of the Madonna of Provenzano, who has a church in Siena. The Palio held on August 16 is named Palio dell'Assunta, in honour of the Assumption of Mary. A magnificent pageant, the Corteo Storico, precedes the race, which attracts visitors and spectators from around the world. The race itself, in which the jockeys ride bareback, circles the Piazza del Campo, on which a thick layer of dirt has been laid, three times and usually lasts no more than 90 seconds. It is not uncommon for a few of the jockeys to be thrown off their horses while making the treacherous turns in the piazza, and indeed it is not unusual to see unmounted horses finishing the race without their jockeys. The earliest known antecedents of the race are medieval. The town's central piazza was the site of public games, largely combative: pugna, a sort of many-sided boxing match or brawl;...