La Festa della Rificolona è prossima, i ritrovi per i laboratori degli "artigiani della rificolona" dedicati alla costruzione di rificolone sono gia stabiliti (al mattino del 2, del 3 e del 4 settembre alla Società Canottieri sul Lungarno A. M. Luisa De' Medici).
La festa delle lanternine colorate e luminose tornerà il 7 settembre.
Le sfilate delle rificolone, qualcuno quelle stravaganti luminarie le chiama "rifricolone", si svolgono in tutti i Quartieri della città. Nel Quartiere 1, dopo il ritrovo delle rificolone in piazza Santa Croce, intorno alle 20:00, partirà un corteo accompagnato da musica e animazioni. Il corteo percorrerà Borgo dei Greci, via dei Gondi, piazza della Signoria, via Calzaiuoli, piazza Duomo, via dei Servi e giungerà in piazza SS. Annunziata dove sono previsti i saluti delle autorità
Torna anche la "Rificolona sull'Arno" a cura della Società Canottieri "Firenze": sul Lungarno A. M. Luisa De' Medici, 8, dove lle 21,00 si terrà la sfilata delle rificolone sull'Arno sui classici barchetti dei renaioli e in seconda serata verranno premiate le rificolone più belle.
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domenica 5 settembre 2010
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La Rificolona
The Rificolona
It is one of Florence's more popular tradition: it is called Rificolona and takets place on Septemebr 7.
Coloured paper lanterns are on display in the city center, held by children very proud of them. You can find plenty of them in piazza Santissima Annunziata.
On the next day, at dawn, the paper lanterns will be held on boats on the River Arno, starting from the City Rowing Society (under the Ponte Vecchio).
This the story of the traditional Rificolona:
The Rificolona, which is mainly for children, takes place in Piazza Santissima Annunziata on the evening of 7 September, the eve of the birth of the Virgin Mary.
Some historians claim this festivity originated with the arrival in Florence of peasants and mountain folk from the Casentino and the Pistoian Mountains, who made the long journey to the city because they wanted to celebrate the religious occasion in the Florentine church of Santissima Annunziata.
The fair that took place in the same piazza on 8 September also provided an opportunity to sell their produce. The peasants lit their path with torches and lanterns of various shapes, which they continued to use once they arrived in the city. Drawing inspiration from these lanterns, the Florentines began to make the first rificolone (paper puppets with lamps inside) using the same bright colours as the clothes worn by the mountain people. The shape of these puppets gradually changed, and they started to be hung from house windows, creating an unusual and rather special atmosphere.
It is one of Florence's more popular tradition: it is called Rificolona and takets place on Septemebr 7.
Coloured paper lanterns are on display in the city center, held by children very proud of them. You can find plenty of them in piazza Santissima Annunziata.
On the next day, at dawn, the paper lanterns will be held on boats on the River Arno, starting from the City Rowing Society (under the Ponte Vecchio).
This the story of the traditional Rificolona:
The Rificolona, which is mainly for children, takes place in Piazza Santissima Annunziata on the evening of 7 September, the eve of the birth of the Virgin Mary.
Some historians claim this festivity originated with the arrival in Florence of peasants and mountain folk from the Casentino and the Pistoian Mountains, who made the long journey to the city because they wanted to celebrate the religious occasion in the Florentine church of Santissima Annunziata.
The fair that took place in the same piazza on 8 September also provided an opportunity to sell their produce. The peasants lit their path with torches and lanterns of various shapes, which they continued to use once they arrived in the city. Drawing inspiration from these lanterns, the Florentines began to make the first rificolone (paper puppets with lamps inside) using the same bright colours as the clothes worn by the mountain people. The shape of these puppets gradually changed, and they started to be hung from house windows, creating an unusual and rather special atmosphere.
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