Carvaccata of visasamara in Geraci Siculo
"A carvaccata di vistiamara", that is the Cavalcade of the Shepherds in honor of the SS. Sacramento, takes place on the third Sunday of July in Geraci Siculo. The big festival takes place every seven years, the next edition will take place in 2025, but every year, even if in a minor tone, the Shepherds celebrate the event both with a religious ceremony and with a traditional event that includes sounds, songs and tastings of typical dairy products of their exclusive production. For the occasion, "cavadduzzi and palummeddi" are prepared, that is, little horses and doves of caciocavallo, modeled by the hands of the shepherds.
It is an original form of thanksgiving and eternal gratitude for the particular sign of predilection shown by God towards the shepherds. It is also the reflection of that primordial patriarchal order that ruled the nomadic communities wandering with their herds through the woods of our island. Order in which the eldest is the most authoritative among the pastors, he was at the same time the head, the councilor, the priest of the entire community.
It is an original form of thanksgiving and eternal gratitude for the particular sign of predilection shown by God towards the shepherds. It is also the reflection of that primordial patriarchal order that ruled the nomadic communities wandering with their herds through the woods of our island. Order in which the eldest is the most authoritative among the pastors, he was at the same time the head, the councilor, the priest of the entire community.
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