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Agatha and the Passion

http://www.positive-magazine.com/reportage/agatha-and-the-passion/

 

Three days of cult, devotion, folklore, and tradition. Catanians and tourists swarm in the streets, numbering to almost a million. During those intense days, Catania turns into one and only crowd marching behind Agatha

Saint Agatha event allowed me to wander through the bowels of Catania and freely observe a segment of the human soul. Cedars engravers, nougat artists, cotton candy tightrope walkers, holy images pusher, flaming grills, scents of caramel, wax candle, meat and cooking oil. Moments of shiny humanity, where basically the one who is worshiped is always the human being.

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La festa di Sant’Agata mi ha permesso di girovagare per le viscere di Catania ed osservare liberamente uno spicchio di animo umano. Intagliatori di cedri, artisti del torrone, funamboli dello zucchero filato, spacciatori di santini, griglie infuocate, profumi di cera, caramello, carni e olio fritto… momenti di viva umanità dove in fondo colui che si venera è sempre l’essere umano.