On Monday, October 31, 2022, the tradition of the Łumère Festival awaits you in Canove di Roana!
The party will begin at the Palazzetto Polifunzionale di Canove at 14:00 with several workshops dedicated to children (but not only) and to follow the award ceremony of the most beautiful Łumèra ... scariest and the... more!
During the evening, from 19:00, the show of " The Dance of the Fire of the Łumère" awaits you and followed by a masked party with music from the 70s-80s-90s in the company of Vidor DJ!
There will be food stands to satiate your appetite with sandwiches, kebabs and fries!
PROGRAM
From 14:00 to 19:00 - Free workshop "Una Strega... and so many colors!" for the little ones (but also to all... to make them of all colors!).
15:00 - Carving workshop: " Bring your pumpkin!". Suitable for all ages, for children the presence of an adult is required. Reservation required.
To follow... Award ceremony of the Łumèra! The most beautiful, the most frightening and... more!
19:00 - The Fire Dance of the Łumère: show in the light of fire!
22:00 - Unleash your scary fantasy in the Masquerade Disco Party: music from the 70s-80s-90s and much more with Vidor DJ!
During the evening: food stand with sandwiches, kebabs and fries!
The tradition of Łumere in Canove
From America comes the Halloween party, which in recent years has also taken hold in the countries of the Mediterranean area.
But the tradition of Halloween in Europe has much more distant origins. In fact, Samhain or the Celtic New Year (from the ancient Irish samain, samuin or samfuin , which is supposed to mean "end of summer") was brought to America by Irish emigrants (who originally had no pumpkins and carved large turnips) and took on the character of the Halloween party. The most recognized symbol of this holiday is the carved pumpkin to remember the legend of Jack o'Lantern; the name is linked to the Irish legend of Stingy Jack, a drunken blacksmith who manages to cheat Satan is condemned to wander the Earth with only a pumpkin dug to light his way. In Mexico between October 28 and November 2 the custom is to celebrate the Día de los muertos feast of pre-Columbian origin and subsequently absorbed by the cult of the dead of the Christian-Catholic culture.
The custom of carving pumpkins and lighting them with a candle is also found in Northern Italy, as in Lombardy and Liguria. In our Veneto the pumpkin becomes the symbol of the Night of the Łumere; They were placed in the darkest places, near cemeteries, churches or on windowsills, to illuminate the way for souls.
In addition, the lights of these lanterns were similar to fatal fires, an absolutely natural phenomenon due to the decomposition of organic material that occurred in swampy areas and especially in cemeteries, and therefore believed as the manifestation of the presence of "souls".
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