The solstices, in the popular context have always been underlined by the lighting of ritual fires that, in other times, were intended to help the strength and vigor of the sun. Along the Valle del Serchio, on Christmas Eve, there are many fires dotting the landscape.
The beacon are more than one and through them takes place a real race. In Gorfigliano each neighborhood, after identifying a site usually at the top compared to the country so that it is clearly visible, prepares and lights its own bonfire …
The lightning of the "Natalecci" is a tradition particularly felt in the municipality of Minucciano that recurs from time immemorial, on Christmas Eve just as night falls. The duration and strength of these large bonfires lit at strategic points to be seen by all the villages of the district, are drawn important auspices the new year going to start and you decide the winner village. Construction natalecci, engages young and old for many days, in fact, the structure reaches considerable height and its stability is ensured by a complicated tangle of wood and prunes obtained from the cleaning of the forest and undergrowth.
NATALECCI
Minucciano and villages
2016 december 24
ore 18.00
ingresso gratuito