CASTELNUOVO Daunia (FG) - Twinning of solidarity between Castelnuovo Daunia and the earthquake stricken town of Castelnuovo San Pio. The two countries have made official the new bond that unites and Sunday, May 10, during celebrations in honor of Santa Maria della Stella, Castelnuovo Daunia will be collected funds for the Abruzzi village hit hard by the shock of a month ago. The protagonist of this initiative is the association "ACUS" (Association of Social Utility Castelnuovo) and Sunday will be present with its own gazebo to continue fund raising has already begun a few days and that will continue for a month. Thanks to a delegation of the association that reaches the heart of Abruzzo, the sum collected will be delivered directly into the hands of the citizens of L'Aquila. But Sunday will not just be the day of solidarity. The feast of Santa Maria della Stella, it is indeed an event that draws an ancient liturgical feast on agriculture. The celebrations will take place at "Strettola" where he built a church dedicated to Our Lady of the Star, became the protector of fields and crops and the castle every year celebrate the second Sunday of May. About 10 years ago, the administration communal room for the small church of 150 million lire for other structural and € 120 thousand was allocated 10 thanks to the Pit for the arrangement of furniture inside the "sacred place. "The restoration of the church of Our Lady of the Star will be completed in about a month - said Ernesto Cicchetti, deputy mayor of Castelnuovo Daunia, former president of the Comunità Montana dei Monti dauni Northern - Our dream is to enter the solemnity of Our Lady together with other parties, such as the Madonna of the Serritella Volturino, in a circuit dedicated to the celebrations of the campaign to celebrate agriculture between faith and folklore. Objective - Continued Cicchetti - to be achieved thanks to the project Daunia Vetus ". Sunday morning the faithful walk to the church, located a few kilometers from the castle to attend the Mass outside. During the celebration, you will invoke the protection on the fields and harvesting. Will be followed by a procession ending in the shooting of firecrackers and the notes of the band in the country. The day is enlivened by cheerful tables in the fields surrounding the church and competitions of various kinds. It 's all that remains of an ancient festival of flavor and rustic peasant who had his most important moments in horse racing and race nell'accesa plowing with animals that "seven furrows or impose." The year of this festival dates back to 1852.
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