HERE YOU ARE SOME TYPICAL EASTER CAKES OF THE TRADITION IN SAN GIOVANNI ROTONDO 

The "Propati della zita" are typical Easter cakes of San Giovanni Rotondo.

They present the shape of a tarallo and are spiced with cinnamon. In San Giovanni Rotondo they use them during the Holy Week, a period of prayer and fasting.

Speaker: Chiumento Beatrice

"Li crapeje" is braided bread to the palm tree blessed during Palm Sunday and decorated with eggs, white glaze and colored tails which guarantee the color and goodness of the product.

Speaker: Di Giovine Noemi

The "Pucciàtidd" has very few ingredients for a truly delicious Easter cake such as eggs, oil, a little salt and flour. They should be boiled, cooled, then cooked in the oven and once cooled with icing which is called "scilépp" in Puglia.

Speaker: Dragano Diletta

The sweet "Cavicione" with ricotta is an ancient recipe of the Gargano tradition, a pastry filled with ricotta and chocolate chips, all enriched by cinnamon.

The final touch is given by the brown sugar which makes the surface of this cake golden and crunchy.

Speaker: Marino Alessandro

HERE YOU ARE SOME TYPICAL SRING TRADITIONS LINKED TO FIRE 

The ancient tradition of "Fanoje" celebrates St. Joseph, husband of the Virgin Mary but  it has its roots in pagan culture, since with their lighting the spring equinox was celebrated and therefore the end of winter. We intend to keep away the cold winter and all that has been evil for people

Speaker: Chiumento Beatrice

The “Fracchie” are gigantic wooden torches that are lighted on Good Friday  to accompany our Lady of Sorrows in search of her son Jesus along the streets of the city of San Marco in Lamis, a small town close to San Giovanni Rotondo

Speaker: Di Giovine Noemi

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