Patronal feasts and luminarie from Salento: San Filippo and Giacomo in Diso
The cult of the Patron Saint is deeply felt in the populations of Southern Italy. Since ancient times, men and women have turned to the Saint to ask for graces and favors, to have a fruitful marriage of children, a rich harvest, flourishing earnings to support the family and good health. A direct relationship with the Saint who becomes an interlocutor to turn to, to alleviate suffering. This has happened for centuries also here, in Diso, a small town in the Salento hinterland, where Saints Philip and James are celebrated with a set of typical elements of the local tradition such as the luminaries of Salento, fireworks and a musical band.
A journey through processions and illuminations in the Salento of the Patron Saints: Diso
A world of art, traditions and religiosity revolves around the patronal feasts. Everyone has a patron saint to return to, an excuse to return to their country of origin to experience moments of popular religiosity. A phenomenon today studied by sociologists, anthropologists and historians who have seen how this phenomenon is diversified throughout Italy and also in the Salento reality, different from country to country. Through the study of this phenomenon we can see the people's attachment to their land and cultural and territorial transformations emerge.
Let's dwell on Diso, a small town in the Salento hinterland which testifies to its devotion to Saints Philip and James with a party through which beliefs, feelings and desires are expressed. A feast that is celebrated on May 1st despite the fact that the celebration of the Saints has been moved to May 11th and May 3rd then. Not even the resolution of a national congress that proclaimed that May 1st was dedicated to the Labor Day did not shake the desinies that undeterred they wanted to leave May 1st dedicated to the Patron Saints.
The celebrations are among the most memorable in the whole region. Here, more than ever, we find the themes of history, tradition, religious sentiment and local culture. A party that unfolds on a stage set up with Salento lights where fireworks and concerts by the town band take place. But that's not all: devotees can admire and adore the statues of the Saints from April 21, the day they are exhibited, and until May 3, when they will be carried in procession. The show is surprising, the majesty of the statues and the religious sentiment pervade the crowd reaching the maximum with the fireworks display.
The streets and the square are surrounded by splendid lights, a symbol of history and tradition of a land that with willpower and determination wanted to keep alive a piece of art that today has become popular all over the world. The Salento lights are themselves an integral part of the "feast", there is no patronal feast without lights. In the imagination of every child and every adult, the party is represented with the Saint and the thousand lights that create magic. Magic that MarianoLight has been creating in squares all over the world since 1898, capturing the mysteries and secrets of light to give life to narrative and imaginative shows.
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