Sagra dei Pici San Casciano dei Bagni
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Sagra dei Pici
Where: Frazione di Celle sul Rigo
When: Ultimo fine settimana di Maggio
Time: La Domenica alle 12,00 alle ore 23,45
Website: http://www.sagradeipici.it/
Almost half a century, and it does not show the "Festival of Pici
Celle" held as usual on the last Sunday of May in Celle sul Rigo, a
small town bordering on Lazio and Umbria, which jealously guards
its traditions food.
All the streets from Saturday evening when doing the lion's share
is above all the young fans of dance music, go for Sunday when the
party becomes generally the responsibility of the families who love
to meet and chat with friends.
But what makes the difference between the many festivals that fill
the Italian Sundays during the summer season is rustic and naive
spirit that animates the event in a country that has preserved the
simplicity of the past and that has made the commitment to the
authentic dishes his
gospel.
At the beginning back in 1969 when the leaders of the "Company
Filarmornica of Celle sul Rigo" was planned to link its name to a
party that would enhance the "pici", typical dish of the country,
the Festival took place in the Pici Sunday.
Around eleven o'clock the Banda opened the festival by playing in
the square and ended the night around midnight with people dancing
on the pavement.
And then "pici" for lunch and dinner, grilled meats, "ciaccette",
sweets, washed down with good wine and raffle for the lucky
ones. Over the years
little has changed.
The original name "Festival of Pici" has been added to the
specification "Celle" because too many countries claiming to be
"pici" those who are just pale imitations.
It was also anticipated the beginning of the feast on Saturday
evening, a fateful day in which everyone is accustomed to going out
to eat, meeting young people with music that suits them.
But for the rest, although the increased presence of people, the
party has tried to maintain the characteristics of simplicity and
genuineness of the past.
The "pici" are always the same, made by hand by women in the
country, with meat sauce and garlic sauces are prepared with the
same meticulous care of our grandmothers, the wines are generous
and genuine from the Sienese countryside.
Besides the concert of Banda's dance music for young and
old.