Festa San Donato in Puglia

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San Donato is the patron saint of many villages in Puglia. His feast day is celebrated on August 7. Here’s a typical San Donato festival procession in Biccari. The procession in Biccari is also a typical celebration of big shoulder-borne processional structures, an intangible cultural heritage inscribed by UNESCO in 2013. By the way, the sound in the video is the exact sound coming from the band that is accompanying the procession. This particular traveling band—common in southern Italy—is from Conversano. Later in the evening, after the day's main festivities, the band usually plays on a small stage in the center of town Learn more ✅ UNESCO Heritage Sites in Italy - https://wp.me/P1HhZc-2jJ ✅ Small-Town Puglia: What It's Like to Live in Biccari - https://www.italofile.com/biccari-puglia/