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CARNEVALE DI PUTIGNANO
CHURCH OF SAN PIETRO APOSTOLO
Unpublished stories related to the Putignano Carnival. Facts, testimonies or legends to know
The Balì and the Carnival of Putignano
The Carnival period is a period of excesses and manifestations of thought very close to the anarchist one by the people. Here some types of exaggerated celebrations and celebrations are no longer shared by some subjects belonging to categories of power or social relevance.
This is the case of the letter of May 21, 1808, shown in the photo, written by the lawyer of Naples, in which the same declares that he does not approve of having led to the excess of character masks the joy for the victory of the case against the Balì.
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