Gallipoli Carnival, papier-mâché floats and “Lu Titoru”
Allegorical floats, masked groups and the Titoru mask, just before Lent.
📅 The last days of carnival, before Ash Wednesday (2026: 8, 15 and 17 February) — exact dates to be confirmed
📍 Town centre
🧭 Gallipoli
À PROPOS DE Gallipoli Carnival, papier-mâché floats and “Lu Titoru”
Gallipoli’s carnival opens with the bonfires of 17 January, then sends papier-mâché floats and masked groups parading from the town centre. Its mask, Lu Titoru, is said to have died of eating too many meatballs just before Lent: his effigy rides on a float, mourned by the “chiangimorti”. In 2026 the parades took place on 8, 15 and 17 February.
