Feast And Festivals In Apulia

One of the oldest carnival events in Europe. It dates back to 1394. A feast full of traditions, rituals, events, culminating on Shrove Tuesday, with an evening parade and carnival funeral, represented as a pig. Website: https://www.carnevalediputignano.it/home/info-contatti/

In Taranto the impressive processions of Thursday and Good Friday meander through the streets of downtown in a very slow journey that lasts up to 15 hours. To make the background, religious songs and the sound of funeral marches performed by local bands

During Holy Week, in Apulia, the liturgy and popular emotional zeal give rise to processional rites filled of intense emotion: the paved streets of the historic centers you are caught by the slow pilgrimage of devotees and the echo of hymns