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ABRUZZI MAP - ITALY

REGIONAL CAPITAL: L’Aquila
PROVINCIAL CAPITALS: Chieti, Pescara, Teramo
OTHER INTERESTING PLACES : Sulmona , Cocullo , Scanno

FOLKORISTIC NEWS AND TRADITIONAL FESTIVITIES : in antiquity Abruzzo was famed for its witches , wizards and snake-charmers , members of a tribe called the Marsi. Even today snakes feature in a bizarre religious festival in the mountain village of Cocullo : on the first Thursday in May its inhabitants celebrate the feast of S. Domenico: a statue of the saint is draped with jewels and banknotes and festooned with live snakes . It’s borne in procession through the village accompanied by villagers also bedecked with wriggling reptiles (in italian: Processione dei Serpari ). [more information]





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