Cotignola (RA) - from 31 March to 3 April
Punctual as ever in 1451 in the middle of the period of Lent, the festival returns to Cotignola Segavecchia.Fra of tradition and innovation, each year Viev offered a rich program of events that culminates in four days big parade Sunday, after which it is burned the great puppet of the "Old." According to legend, the Duke of Milan Francesco 1, son of Sforza Muzio Attendolo Cotignola, had granted to his subjects the right of extraordinary celebrate Carnival in Lent like leisure and thanks for having survived a serious spell of which he was charged with an old, burned the public square on a cold day in March by more than five centuries ago.
cotignolesi Even today, as strongly linked to the origins of all the people of Romagna, remember the "old" with a big carnival parade led by the enormous papier-mâché figure of the local Arts and Crafts School.
Running the "old" in fact represents the end of winter and the return of spring, and his beheading, therefore, takes away the meaning of intentional harm to a better tomorrow.
There are two parades, a night on the evening of Thursday, the other on Sunday afternoon following. And it is at the end of the second that the "Old" is condemned, beheaded and then burned in the square.
Punctual as ever in 1451 in the middle of the period of Lent, the festival returns to Cotignola Segavecchia.Fra of tradition and innovation, each year Viev offered a rich program of events that culminates in four days big parade Sunday, after which it is burned the great puppet of the "Old." According to legend, the Duke of Milan Francesco 1, son of Sforza Muzio Attendolo Cotignola, had granted to his subjects the right of extraordinary celebrate Carnival in Lent like leisure and thanks for having survived a serious spell of which he was charged with an old, burned the public square on a cold day in March by more than five centuries ago.
cotignolesi Even today, as strongly linked to the origins of all the people of Romagna, remember the "old" with a big carnival parade led by the enormous papier-mâché figure of the local Arts and Crafts School.
Running the "old" in fact represents the end of winter and the return of spring, and his beheading, therefore, takes away the meaning of intentional harm to a better tomorrow.
There are two parades, a night on the evening of Thursday, the other on Sunday afternoon following. And it is at the end of the second that the "Old" is condemned, beheaded and then burned in the square.
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