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Guided tours > The Putignano Carnival
Putignano is an ancient city in the province of
Bari
. Its ancient Carnival is one of the longest in the world. Born in
1394
, it begins on the 26th of December (before then the other carnivals) and its symbolic mask is
"Farinella"
. This one was created in 1953 by Domenico Castellano and it is like a jolly with multicoloured clothes and harness-bells on the hat and on the shoes. The name derives from a typical food of the area, which is a bread-like substance made of toasted chick-peas and barley. This is served in a tomato sauce, or can be eaten with fresh figs.
Some recipes
!
The Carnival of Putignano has beautiful and artistic wagons: they are very big because the materials used for their construction are light. For the construction of a carnival cart, 5 or 6 men must work for a period of 3 or 4 months. Thanks to modern technologies, the movements, that in the past years were guided by men, now are controlled by the computers.
The first carnival processions were made in Putignano during
the XIX century
, when were utilized small agricultural carts or old cart adorned with old clothes and straw: the paper-pulp was utilized, for the first time, by
Pugliese brothers in 1935
. Many events and traditions are connected to this carnival: the
"Propaggine"
, that remembers the translation of the Saint Stephen's relic on the 26th of December, the ancient
"Feast of Bear"
on the 2nd of February,
"Candlemas Day"
, the
"Ndondaro"
(Noise), joyful masquerade of the Shrove Tuesday, when groups of people, with pots, lids and things that get noise, walk in the city as far as the historical centre; the
"Carnival Funeral"
, the
"Macaroni Bell"
of the Shrove Tuesday are other events that finish, with the Carnival, the second Sunday of the Lent.
Now the Carnival of Putignano, with its beautiful allegorical cart, the satirical masks and the masked groups, is one of most famous in Italy. For more on
carnevale
, along with lots of suggestions for where to see how the Italians celebrate the run-up to Lent – including, of course, Venice which is perhaps the best-known of all – please
click here
Putignano is at about 40 km from Bari , 12 km from Alberobello, 6 km from Castellana and 40 km from Ostuni.
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