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Karwoche/ Ostern
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Location: Florence/ Firenze | Italy Event period: Easter |
| Traditionally, the "Scoppio del Carro" is celebrated as a remembrance of the Florentine aristocrat Pazzino de' Pazzi. The festival dates bacl to the time of the Crusades. In the year 1101, the Florent.....
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| Urbi et Orbi/ Settimana Santa a Roma | |
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Location: Rome/ Roma | Italy |
| When the Holy Father gives out his blessings to Rome and the world (Urbi et Orbi) on Easter Sunday in the over-filled Square St. Peter’s, that is what marks the end of a very hectic week for the Rome-.....
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| Settimana Santa a Taranto | |
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Location: Taranto | Italy |
| If you want to see, how saints are auctioned off, then you must visit Taranto. On Palm Sunday the two brotherhoods Addolorata and Carmine, who are responsible for the organization of Holy Week, try to.....
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| Ballo dei Diavoli | |
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Location: Prizzi | Italy |
| The triumph of the dead, the “Trionfo della Morte” is displayed often in Italy, but the celebration in Prizzi on Easter Sunday is the single mimic theatre version of this central theme. The main actor.....
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| Settimana Santa Siciliana | |
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Location: Palermo | Italy |
| During Holy Week, Sicily is one big procession. Not one day, not one place during this time is free from the remembrance of Christ’s life, suffering, and resurrection in a more or less spectacular man.....
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| Pasha-Fest | |
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Location: Crete/ Kriti | Greece |
| There is possibly not one wish, that cannot be fulfilled on the largest Greek island, - of Crete. But despite the interesting history and myths, when the sun burns into the ruins of Knossós, even sigh.....
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| Semana Santa | |
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Location: Seville / Séville | Spain |
| The tradition of the Semana Santa dates back to the 16th century, when the Catholic church decided to bring the Passion of Christ to the people in an easier to understand and effective way, that is th.....
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