few hours before the 'dawn of Holy Thursday the whole town of Ruvo is ready for the longest night of the year: the night of the Eight Saints. In fact, after the Confraternity of the Purification of Sorrows, is the turn of the San Rocco procession to bring in a group of sculptures in papier-mâché depicting the transport of Christ to the Sepulchre, popularly called the "Eight Saints" in what exactly are the eight images that compose it.
The group of master cartapestaio Raffaele Lecce Caretta, dates back to 1920 and a horizontal from left to right, the figures, all in motion, a step on the ground - that you stand slightly higher on the back, symbolizing the descent from Golgotha.
The sheet is firmly supported by Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus and, under the arms, a young St. John . Side stands the striking image of Madonna with her eyes looking upward, while with his right hand raised just shows the lifeless body of the Son Jesus Christ whose arm hanging out of the shroud. In his left hand instead brings the crown of thorns.
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and followed up the rear S. Mary Cleophas , S. Maria Salome (which supports the Madonna) and S. Mary Magdalene, with bare shoulders and his face hidden by long hair that was originally obtained with real hair.
What is striking about this complex is the drama of the scene. 
and followed up the rear S. Mary Cleophas , S. Maria Salome (which supports the Madonna) and S. Mary Magdalene, with bare shoulders and his face hidden by long hair that was originally obtained with real hair. The statuary group is inspired by a painting by Antonio Ciseri (1821 - 1891) which represents the transport of Christ, set in a sheet, from Calvary to the tomb.
The Brotherhood of St. Rocco, founded in the middle of 1500 to give visibility and spread the cult of the patron saint of plague victims, is the oldest institution confraternal rubastine still active, even if it was the last to adopt a statue to lead a procession in Holy Week .
The brothers wear a white coat with red on the head mozzetta have the so-called "funny" white.
L 'out of the procession at 2.30 o'clock in the night between Wednesday and Holy Thursday, at 2.00 is preceded in Piazza Garibaldi, Menotti, the performance by the band, the famous march funeral "A tear on the grave my mother, "better known as" Vella ", by the name of 'self-titled Sicilian composer.
The brothers wear a white coat with red on the head mozzetta have the so-called "funny" white.
L 'out of the procession at 2.30 o'clock in the night between Wednesday and Holy Thursday, at 2.00 is preceded in Piazza Garibaldi, Menotti, the performance by the band, the famous march funeral "A tear on the grave my mother, "better known as" Vella ", by the name of 'self-titled Sicilian composer.
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This procession, very evocative and dramatic, is a great attraction not only for ruvesi, but also for tourists and residents of nearby towns, especially from Molfetta. The crowd, split and noisy, it falls silent and is made at the time of 'output for the statue through the narrow door of the Church of St. Rocco, when the sad melody funeral the march "Eternal Pain" master Evaristo Pancaldi breaks the silence of the night and start the procession.
This, after completing the tour of Piazza Castello, in front Church of St. Rocco, Modesti take away and, after passing through the narrow alleys of Old Town and then the large arteries of the town of Ruvo, ending at around 9.00.
The procession is opened by the bass drum and drumming, followed by the standard, the devout, the Association of the Sisters of Mary. of Good Counsel, insossando "the dress" light blue with the initials of the Blessed Virgin, the Cross and penance, which opens the double row of the brethren.
The "Eight Saints" are preceded by children dressed in the clothes of the characters who embody the passion, in particular the three Marys and Our Lady. Closes the sacred procession, the band that performs traditional funeral marches, composed mostly by local authors such as Antonio and Alessandro Amenduni.
The procession is opened by the bass drum and drumming, followed by the standard, the devout, the Association of the Sisters of Mary. of Good Counsel, insossando "the dress" light blue with the initials of the Blessed Virgin, the Cross and penance, which opens the double row of the brethren.
The "Eight Saints" are preceded by children dressed in the clothes of the characters who embody the passion, in particular the three Marys and Our Lady. Closes the sacred procession, the band that performs traditional funeral marches, composed mostly by local authors such as Antonio and Alessandro Amenduni.
The "Eight Saints" travel the following route:
Church of St. Rocco - Piazza Regina Margherita - via Modesti - via Cathedral - off S. Cleto - Piave course - by ten. col. Flower - by Pius XII - by Pepe - Piazza Cavallotti Felice - Via De Florenza - over Cotugno - via Duca della Vittoria - Via Oberdan - via Campanelli - Bond Street - Via De Gasperi - Menotti Piazza Garibaldi - Via Vittorio Veneto - Via Cathedral - via Bishop Bruno - by Isabella Griffi - over Jatta - Corso Cavour-Piazza Bovio - Carafa course - the course Gramsci - Piazza Regina Margherita (on the Church of the Redeemer) - Church of St. Rocco.
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- Text by dr. Francesco Stanzione, taken from the writings of Michael Pelicans.
- Photo by dr. Francesco Stanzione.
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The Deposition of Antonio Ciseri - 1864/70
Sanctuary Madonna del Sasso, Locarno (Switzerland)
Sanctuary Madonna del Sasso, Locarno (Switzerland)
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