It is truly a wonderful experience spending Christmas in New York. Here’s my journal of the Holidays Season in the city.
… My Christmas in New York
Tag: festival festivity holiday
Gone Vacationing ;)
Appetibilis is on vacation, Happy Summer Vacation to everybody! … Gone Vacationing 😉
En route somewhere… Gone Fishing!
“…vicinity to the sea is desirable, because it is easier to do nothing by the sea than anywhere else, and because bathing and basking on the shore cannot be considered an employment but only an apotheosis of loafing.” ~ E.F. Benson
New Year Resolutions… (Buoni propositi per l’anno nuovo)
Apparently only 8 percent of people are successful in achieving their resolutions. Ouch, sorry to hear that! … New Year Resolutions… (Buoni propositi per l’anno nuovo)
Summer Break :: Stessa spiaggia, stesso mare
“Don’t change for this year/ same beach same sea/ to be able to see you again/ to come back to stay with you./ And like last year/ on the sea with the “pattino” boat/ we’ll see the umbrellas/ far away…” (Piero Soffici 1963)
… Summer Break :: Stessa spiaggia, stesso mare
The Touring Mask of “Pulgenelle” (Pulcinella)
photo: ©MariagraziaLalli
Every year during the Carnival week Castiglione Messer Marino, a tiny village in the province of Chieti, hosts “La mascra” (i.e. the mask). On Sunday before Mardi Gras people – only men – dress up and parade along the village streets and drag everybody into the hectic and wild Carnival atmosphere. The parade is led by the pulgenèlle, whose leader plays the part of the “master of ceremonies” and manages the whole parade.
White-dressed “pulgenèlle” carry their “scrujazze” (herdsman’s whip) and cowbells, take the scene with their huge headgear – it can weigh up to 14 kg – and other characters follow: Carnevale, loaded with sausages and foodstuff, Il Monaco (the Monk) and the Wine Cart. Pulgenelle decide the path to follow and the stops to be made for a drink or for some food. During the stops they play some comic sketches about recent politics or current events, music is played live by marching bands.
photo: ©GiuseppeColangeloScultore
A typical dish of this period is “sagne a lu cuttéure”, short pasta that tradition requires to be eaten with bare hands. True Castiglione people do not use cutlery!
The Touring Mask :: Pulgenelle (Pulcinella) di Castiglione Messer Marino (Chieti) | photo: ©MariagraziaLalli
The Touring Mask :: Pulgenelle (Pulcinella) di Castiglione Messer Marino (Chieti) | photo: ©MichelinaFranceschelli
The Touring Mask :: Pulgenelle (Pulcinella) di Castiglione Messer Marino (Chieti) | photo: ©MichelinaFranceschelli
The Touring Mask :: Pulgenelle (Pulcinella) di Castiglione Messer Marino (Chieti) | photo: ©LilianaCese and ©GiuseppeColangeloScultore
The Touring Mask :: Pulgenelle (Pulcinella) di Castiglione Messer Marino (Chieti) | photo: ©MichelinaFranceschelli
The Touring Mask :: Pulgenelle (Pulcinella) di Castiglione Messer Marino (Chieti) | photo: ©MichelinaFranceschelli
The Touring Mask :: Pulgenelle (Pulcinella) di Castiglione Messer Marino (Chieti) | photo: ©MichelinaFranceschelli
The Touring Mask :: Pulgenelle (Pulcinella) di Castiglione Messer Marino (Chieti) | photo: ©MichelinaFranceschelli
The Touring Mask :: Pulgenelle (Pulcinella) di Castiglione Messer Marino (Chieti) | photo: ©GiuseppeColangeloScultore
The Touring Mask :: Pulgenelle (Pulcinella) di Castiglione Messer Marino (Chieti) | photo: ©MichelinaFranceschelli
ITA :: Glossari di lingua abruzzese
~ Pulgenèlla via beniculturali.it
~ Scrujazze = frusta via scannolive.com
~ scrujazze: frusta via abruzzo.fm
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