WITH THE FREE PATRONAGE OF
CARNEVALE DI PUTIGNANO
CHURCH OF SAN PIETRO APOSTOLO
An ancient rite that sanctions the closing of the carnival celebrations
The funeral of the Carnival
Shrove Tuesday is the day that closes the carnival period and therefore full of events to happily celebrate the last remnants.
After the last parade of allegorical floats, recently scheduled in the evening, the procession for the death of the Carnival winds through the streets of the city and the historic center. The dear deceased, lying on a wooden plank, is represented by a papier-mâché pig, whose death symbolizes the end of the period of excesses, revelry and entertainment.
After the last parade of allegorical floats, recently scheduled in the evening, the procession for the death of the Carnival winds through the streets of the city and the historic center. The dear deceased, lying on a wooden plank, is represented by a papier-mâché pig, whose death symbolizes the end of the period of excesses, revelry and entertainment.
To seal the conclusion of the carnival exaggerations, the pig is burned and this purifying gesture symbolizes, through the genus generated, the transition to the Lenten period.
The last 60 minutes of the Carnival are punctuated by 365 strokes of the Macaroni Bell, a giant bell modeled in papier-mâché that signals the last hour before the end of the celebrations and the beginning of the Lenten period.
It is an opportunity for revelers to close with the last dances before the stroke of midnight
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