The Spring Festival and Floats of Thought was born in 1891 as the Mid-Lent Festival.
\nThe festival included the burning of the Old Woman and a procession of carnival-style floats celebrating nature’s awakening.
\nWhen Mid-Lent Festivals were abolished in 1908 by the Clergy, in Casola Valsenio it was transformed into the Spring Festival.
\nThe floats also transformed: from carnival floats to allegorical floats, designed to entertain and educate by representing events and ideas through static sculptural figures on wooden structures, wicker, and plaster, mounted on Romagna agricultural carts.
\nAn original idea that allows everyone to communicate in a simple and effective way, even modern ideas and concepts not accessible to all.<\/p>\n
Years pass and the “floats of thought” become increasingly larger, taking on highly impressive forms. Even the decorated oxen give way to tractors.
\nBut even today, as at the beginning of the century, the three floats are built by three competing societies. The same materials are used in their construction, while costumed figures remain motionless in sculptural poses throughout the parade.
\nEach living tableau is a page of popular literature that appears as a curious discourse addressed to the town square by the float builders, through the physical dimension of allegory. <\/p>\n
O<\/span>n<\/span> April<\/span> 25<\/span><\/strong> from<\/span> morning,<\/span> spring<\/span> market,<\/span> exhibitions,<\/span> screenings,<\/span> art<\/span>installations,<\/span> children’s workshops, and food stands (lunch and dinner).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n In the afternoon, the Allegorical Floats<\/em> begin their<\/span> DAYTIME PARADE<\/span><\/strong> through the<\/span> town’s streets, celebrating<\/span> events and figures from history and current affairs, accompanied<\/span> by the “Relazioni,” pieces of popular literature th<\/span>at emphasize their meaning and make<\/span> the artistically expressed ideas more powerful. 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\nAfter the parade, debates,<\/span> meetings<\/span>, aperitifs, and music until evening!
\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\nThe night parade will also feature videos and images from past editions located throughout the historic center and accessible to all for free.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n
\nPro Loco Casola Valsenio
\nTel. +39 0546 73033<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"