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Festival of the Schietti (Bachelors) – Terrasini
Festa di li Schietti
Terrasini, Italy
Mar 27 - 28, 2027ExpectedSource
Each Easter, the Sicilian town of Terrasini holds the Festival of the Schietti, in which unmarried young men test their strength. Each lifts and balances a decorated bitter-orange tree weighing some fifty kilos with one hand, after the tree is felled on Holy Saturday, amid a procession of painted Sicilian carts, music, and feasting.
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Terrasini, Sicily, Italy
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Festival of the Schietti (Bachelors) – Terrasini
Festa di li Schietti
Terrasini, Italy
Each Easter, the Sicilian town of Terrasini holds the Festival of the Schietti, in which unmarried young men test their strength. Each lifts and balances a decorated bitter-orange tree weighing some fifty kilos with one hand, after the tree is felled on Holy Saturday, amid a procession of painted Sicilian carts, music, and feasting.
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About Festival of the Schietti (Bachelors) – Terrasini
Easter‑period festival in Terrasini where unmarried men (schietti) perform the traditional one‑hand lift and balance of a decorated melangolo/bitter orange tree (~50 kg), with cutting of the tree on Holy Saturday, a procession with Sicilian carriages, addobbo, music, food and community participation, climaxing in public lifts and a competition in Piazza Duomo on Easter Sunday.
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Easter‑period festival in Terrasini where unmarried men (schietti) perform the traditional one‑hand lift and balance of a decorated melangolo/bitter orange tree (~50 kg), with cutting of the tree on Holy Saturday, a procession with Sicilian carriages, addobbo, music, food and community participation, climaxing in public lifts and a competition in Piazza Duomo on Easter Sunday.
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Terrasini
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