Dal 27/2/2020 al 29/2/2020
Tradition
EVENT POSTPONED UNTIL MARCH 2ND!
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From 27 to 29 February 2020,in Asiago,the traditional festival of"Schella Marz" - or"Schella March" returns!
It sounds March,meaning the word of origin Cimbra,has always been warmly celebrated on theAsiago Plateau:the hope, of adults and children, is for the hastening of the arrival of spring, a rite to awaken nature after the long sleep of winter and to say goodbye to the past season.
invites you to participate in this ancient festival, a symbol of the tradition and history of thePlateau.
BARATTOLS AND LATTINES
Children disguised as orcs, fairies and Zeleghen Baiblen,walk through the squares of Asiago crossing the Center and the Asiago Course dragging with them tin cans tied together.
By hitting the jars with wooden sticks, according to ancient traditions,the din should wake up the spring. Upon arrival in Piazza II Risorgimento,the group that made the longest succession of cans and cans is rewarded.
THE BIG FATE OF THE VECIA
On the last day of the event, February 29, 2020 at 8 p.m.,it"burns the vecia": a majestic wooden puppet and pesto paper is set on fire to symbolize the season that goes away.
The winner of the Schella 2020will set the fire on the "vecia".
Tradition has it that in thePlateau the arrival of spring coincides with the first day of March: it does not matter if the white snow still whitens roads and fields.
Boys, young people, children accompanied by their parents, adults of the districts and streets of the city are invited to participate with the traditional rows of "BANDONS", CIOCHE and SCHELLE.
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