"A quirky and beloved folk event in the remote mountain hamlet of Groppo in the Vara valley, where the entire village is festooned with elaborate handmade scarecrows that line the streets and squares for a day of communal celebration."
Groppo e gli Spaventapasseri
"Participants race around the village square pushing a small cart carrying three live frogs, stopping to retrieve any escapees before continuing, creating a chaotic and thoroughly endearing Maremma village spectacle."
Corsa delle Ranocchie
"A centuries-old mimetic pantomime in which a hundred costumed villagers re-enact a 15th-century royal siege, with cannon fire, cavalry charges and a red-masked general fighting for the hand of a queen in Piazza Umberto I."
Il Mastro di Campo
"Called Sicily's most original Carnival parade, this grotesque mock-wedding procession fills Montelepre's streets on Carnival Sunday with intentionally absurd brides, grooms and wedding guests whose spectacular costumes send up every marriage cliche."
U Matrimoniu - Carnevale di Montelepre