Segavecchia 2018

Town Center
- Forlimpopoli

Periodo di svolgimento

From Sunday 11  to Sunday 18, 2018

Orario:

From Sunday 11 to Sunday, March 18,  2018, do not miss the Segavecchia, ancient festival of Forlimpopoli which takes place in mid-Quaresima. The name comes from cutting the Old, a large papier-mache puppet depicting a woman, full of sweets and toys that are given away to children.

Programma

As every year in mid-Lent comes the Segavecchia. From Sunday 11  to Sunday 18, March 2018, in Forlimpopoli there is the classic event which each year attracts thousands of people in the picturesque town of Romagna, located between Forlì and Cesena, at the foot of the beautiful hills of Bertinoro.


The name comes from the cutting of old, a large papier mache puppet depicting a woman full of sweets and toys that are distributed to the children. According to tradition, the origin of this festival dates back to the Middle Ages when an old doubts costumes, guilty of having eaten meat, in contravention to the Lenten fast, was condemned to be sawed alive.


Actually Segavecchia has much more distant origins and derives from ancient Mediterranean rites linked to the celebration of the natural cycle of life-death-life and rural celebrations: the old cut would represent the end of winter and the return of spring charging fruits and gifts for men.


Today the festival includes a parade of floats and masked groups, an amusement park and the creation of a market in the streets of Old Town. After cutting the Old the festival ends with a fireworks display.


The shows, which start at 3.30pm, will take place in two Sundays in mid-Lent.

The detailed program is available within the site of the event.

Tariffe

Intera: Free offer

Per informazioni
Ufficio Turistico del Comune di Forlimpopoli - Ente Folcloristico e Culturale Forlimpopolese

e-mail. segavecchia@segavecchia.it
Tel. +39.0543.749250
Fax 39.0543.749214 (Municipality)