THE MOST BEAUTIFUL Festival of Light and illumination! SCORRANO 2018

The Festa di Santa Domenica - or the Festival of Light and illumination, as it is now known, is one of Europes oldest and most long standing celebrations, having its origins millennia ago in Roman times during the reign of the Emperor Diocletian.
he town of Scorrano like many others in due course became victim to a virulent form of the plague sweeping into southern Europe, and during the height of the outbreak, Kyriaki (now known as Saint Domenica) appeared in a vision to an old woman in the afflicted town, and she promised that if the townspeople lit an oil lamp in the windows of each house where the inhabitants were sick, she would offer them her protection and patronage by saving them from the plague.
Soon the town glistened with lights and the plagues grip on the populace weakened, the people who had obeyed her wishes recovered, and the people proclaimed her as the towns’ Patron Saint.
The Festival of Light and Illumination was born.
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