Carnevale di Geraci Siculo - Sfilata Equestre in Maschera
Deep in the Madonie mountains this medieval hilltop borgo hosts a collaborative allegorical float parade drawing carts from five surrounding villages, crowned by a masked equestrian parade organised by the Cavalieri Contea di Geraci association.
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"An ancient ribbon dance of Norman origin performed in the highest village of the Madonie mountains, the Ballo della Cordella sees costumed dancers weave coloured cords around a maypole in a ceremony last documented in medieval Sicily."
Ballo della Cordella
"The Madonie hilltown of Caltavuturo hosts an August folklore festival bringing international folk dance and music groups together with Sicilian traditions for an outdoor celebration in its historic centre."
Festival del Folklore
"Pollina is one of the last places in Europe where manna is still harvested from ancient ash trees by incision, and its August sagra celebrates this extraordinary and almost-forgotten Sicilian sweetener with tastings and artisan demonstrations."
Sagra della Manna
"In Sicily's only village built partly inside a sandstone cliff, the sagra del tortone celebrates a uniquely local baked cheese pasta cake at the foot of the famous Sperlinga castle, where Norman defectors once held out for a year after the Sicilian Vespers."
Sagra del Tortone
"One of Italy's most beautiful villages, Montalbano Elicona dresses its medieval streets in Aragonese costume each August for a multi-day historical festival centred on the 14th-century royal castle of Frederick II of Aragon."
Feste Aragonesi
"Randazzo, a remarkably intact medieval town built entirely from black Etna lava stone, stages its annual historical festival with costumed processions and period markets through streets that survived every Etna eruption for 700 years."
Festa Medievale
"Mounted knights from across Europe gather at the foot of Castel Coira in the Val Venosta for three days of jousting, lance-breaking and horsemanship contests set against an Alpine medieval backdrop."
Giochi Medievali di Venosta
"Campagnatico's spirited donkey race pits the village's contrade against each other in a parade of historical costume followed by the Palio dei Ciuchi contest, a cheerful and very local counterpoint to the grand Sienese racing tradition."
Palio dei Ciuchi
"Organised by the Parco Nazionale Appennino Tosco-Emiliano, this unique two-day world championship sends hundreds of foragers into the beech forests of Cerreto Laghi to compete on porcino harvest weight, litter collection, and mycological knowledge."
Campionato Mondiale del Fungo
"Vintage cyclists ride the white gravel strade bianche of the Chianti hills on pre-1987 bicycles in this nostalgic race that ends with a proper wine festival in Gaiole, blending sporting heritage with the flavours of the harvest season."
L'Eroica
"One of Sardinia's most breathtaking ancestral rituals: around a hundred bareback riders thunder down a steep hillside to the sanctuary of San Costantino, re-enacting the Battle of Milvian Bridge amid gunfire, dust and devotion."
S'Ardia de Santu Antinu
"A 40-year-old patronal games day in the Cinque Terre village of Vernazza, in which the traditional quartieri compete in seafront folk contests and games tied to the feast of Santa Margherita."
Giochi di Santa Margherita