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Tuesday, May 19, 2015

 Okay it is all backwards now this should be after the video, but this shot is of the Order of the Knight's Templet?, like in the movie "National Treasure" the parade is headed up from the sea to return the picture to the Duomo. 
 The Priests were singing a chant, rather chilling, beautifully done, just something unsettling.
 The Priests in Purple lead the parade down to the sea earlier.
 There it is the picture of the madonna. This picture is not the real one but it is gold with real diamonds in the madonna's crown. Sorry we couldn't see it from our view point.

You have now seen the festival of Crotone!
We arrived before 7:50 pm and watched a steady flow of people walk down to the sea for the fireworks and the arrival of the madonna for the next hour and 30 minutes. There is a parade down to the sea and then another big parade to escort the picture back up to the Duomo. When the fireworks went off, they announced the arrival of the madonna, all the people just stopped in the streets to watch the fireworks. There were thousand and thousands-- amazing for this little town. Our host said there are Americans who come to this every year???  It was a bite weird to see this big event for a picture.

1 comment:

  1. This is really neat to see all those different elements of the parade!

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