Saint Joseph’s calderone in Sannicandro di Bari

An ancient peasant fire rite around the feast of Saint Joseph on 19 March.

📅 Usually around 19 March (2018: 17-19 March) — exact dates to be confirmed
🧭 Sannicandro di Bari
🕒 From 10:30 am (2018 edition)

À PROPOS DE Saint Joseph’s calderone in Sannicandro di Bari

Around Saint Joseph’s Day, Sannicandro di Bari renews the peasant rite of the “callareun” and the “vemba a neuv”, the new flame. What belongs to the past year is symbolically consumed, in the hope of a plentiful harvest in the year ahead. In 2018 the 35th edition started at 10:30 am. The 2027 programme has not been published yet.
Photo: Miriam Martelli, CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons