Feast of the Madonna delle Grazie

Roccella Jonica, Italy

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About Feast of the Madonna delle Grazie

The celebration of the Madonna delle Grazie in Roccella Jonica is praised each year on the main Sunday of July, this year 7 July . The statue of the Madonna is transported by the mariners of Roccella through the lanes of the town and, at long last, into the ocean, where it is pursued with dedication by countless pontoons. This is in certainty one of the numerous parades on the ocean in Calabria.

A long trail of vessels pursues the lead pontoon of the Madonna for over 90 minutes along the city coastline. After the getting, the parade twists through the possessed region to come back to the congregation during the evening. The statue is brought by the relationship of mariners; the watchmen wear a blue shirt with the model of the Madonna, and walk shoeless. The parade closes with a firecrackers appear on the Ionian ocean and with a common gathering on the Roccella Jonica seafront, which goes on until late during the evening with a progression of significant melodic occasions.

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