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@giubiana
On our way out we saw many decorations but none matched this one that depicts the protectors of Cucciago the two cats, they can be seen at the entrance of the Castle where Sait Arialdo's court is.
A legend says, " if you want to be blessed before entering the castle you must step on both cats and then walk the gates".
as the fire dies the fog prevails blurring our sight but still giving us that good atmosphere of home, so many friendly people saying goodbye as the head home once more kids even though for a second!
As we patiently watch it comes to an end as the flamed slowly fade and the warmth is blown away by the cold wind, kids fled home as their moms called for them, and only they, the kids, know how special this day is, the only time you get to go near a bone fire and maybe get to through something at it without being shouted at, "this is paradise", they'd tell you.
ohh, the blazing Thursday is one you can't miss in any main square in the north of Italy, nope you just can't!
As it was lit the temperature rose from the chilling 0° and 70% of humidity to a blazing 50° and over; winter seemed to be a lost memory for a second!
Thanks to the HDR function on the #HTC one s, and the none cooperation of people, this is a close look on how vivid and animated the place was.
The local music band Corpo Musicale Giuseppe Verdi, filled the atmosphere with there warm and welcoming music as animators danced with the kids and showed them what to do.
A demonstration of a dance that will be repeated when the Which is burnt and when the fire is dying out. The lanterns are a great creation sponsored by school teachers, they used a round base of a cylinder where a candle stands and and four rigid sticks on the every edge forming 90°. The body is then wrapped by a colourful decorating paper.
Don't forget the handle
Here we are in a court (named after Sait Arialdo), where dances and games took place while waiting to light the Witch!
As we head to our destination we find it hard to see the road, something tells me we have to turn right, no maybe left, who knows in any case we move on!
As the tradition states, in these last days of January, the ones called "the merla", as they would say in the north of Italy, are the coldest ones and as you can see very foggy.
LA giubiana
The Giubiana is a traditional celebration having great popularity in the northern Italian region of Lombardy, and particularly in Brianza, as well as in the region of Piedmont. During the last Thursday in January, bonfires are lit, on which the Giubiana (i.e. a puppet of an old witch) is burnt.
In the days before the festival the villagers collect all that's combustible (wood, hay, paper etc.), and put a pyre together. After a procession through the village street, the Giubiana is placed on the pyre and set on fire. The rite is both symbolic and propitiatory. The Giubiana is burnt to ashes to terminate the winter, so that the pyre flame is believed to predict an abundant harvest in the upcoming year.
In some parts of eastern Brianza, the Giubiana is accompanied by a masculine character, the Ginée, her husband and the personification of January.
In Canzo the celebration is particularly well-constructed; other symbolic and traditional characters are seen during the procession along historic centre, for example Anguana (a Celtic water fairy), the Òmm selvadech (the Wild Man), the Bear and the Hunter, the Executioner, the Candelabrum-bearers, the 'Bun e Gramm' (good boys and bad boys, that are pro and contra the burning), the so-called Lawyer of the Lost Causes (from Milan forum), the soothsayer, the Scarenna men, the Woman of the Street, the historical Firemen, the Shepherd, the Woodsman, the Carriage of the Peasants, the Sledge, and others. The "Cumpagnia di Nost" organizes the festivity, in which the town is adorned with black and red hangings (for mourning and bonfire); the symbol of the festivity is the red leg of the Giubiana; also the music of the drums and of the baghèt (lombard bagpipe) is mournful, but after burning it becomes cheerful because the evil has been eliminated; traditional costumes are worn. The atmosphere is sacral and joyful, thanks to the Celtic and Christian symbolism.
Different name according to area
Giubiana in northern Brianza
Gibiana in southern Brianza
Giöbia/Gioeubia in the province of Varese
Giobbia in Piedmont
credits wikipeida