Sicily: #2 Misteri di Trapani

The Misteri di Trapani are a centuries-old Good Friday procession in Trapani, Sicily, built around twenty life-sized sculptural groups depicting episodes from the Passion and death of Christ. Each “mistero” is carried through the city by a traditional guild or confraternity, moving slowly with a distinctive swaying step to funeral marches played by brass bands. It is less a tidy parade than a long, solemn civic ritual: devotional, theatrical, physical, and deeply local, with the whole city orbiting these heavy baroque tableaux for nearly twenty-four hours.

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Sicily: #1 Terrasini

We spend easter in Sicily, it was also my first time there. Here are my fresh impressions of Terrasini.

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Sicily: #3 Beach Day

A small glimpse of the Mediterranean Sea.

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Sicily: #4 Palermo

In some subconscious part of my memory, I have stored the comparison between Palermo and New York. After a couple of days there, it became clear why.

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