Holiday “Candles in Candelara”Nov 24, 2008
This year in Candelara city and on the territory of Castello Castle there will be held a festive fair again, where you will be able to see and purchase candles of different forms, colors and sizes. The name of the city origin from Latin word “Candelara, candle light festival” (there is a word candelabrum in Russian). Three candles lit on three hills on the emblem of Candelara prove the historic connection of the city with the festival.
The candle tradition appeared in the Northern Europe, and came to Italy and to Candelara. During the light festival you can not only see the lights and candles, but also buy various handmade Christmas souvenirs of high quality.
The culmination of the festival will occur on each of three days at exact time: at 17:30, 19:30, 21:30. City street lamps will be off for 15 minutes and only the Moon and thousands of lights will be lightening the streets. It’s the most romantic and miraculous Christmas season. The light festival is now known all over Italy and abroad, thousands of tourists and romance lovers come to see it.
Candelara will also become a food capital for three days. You will be able to try different dishes typical for this location right outside on the street: wine, roasted chestnuts, hot donuts, apple pies, roasted olives, corn porridge with cod and potato and many other traditional dishes. All three days long there will be performances of artists on the streets, clowns, musicians with bagpipes playing Christmas songs, and 35 Santa Clauses with gifts in a sledge. You will see Christmas concerts, Santa Clause office, and sledge with deer, various postcards, and Christmas work shops. Your kids will have a lot of fun.
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