Also this year, 13 to 16 April the scene is the Good Friday of Romagnano Sesia, now in its 259th edition.
As tradition, which began back in 1729, Romagnano Sesia revives to participants the history of the Passion of Christ. 350 actors and extras in period dress, are the highlights of the life of Jesus,through the streets of country.
For three days of itinerant representations of 14 paintings recited in as many places transform this country of the Novara province into a modern Jerusalem.
The Sacred Representations of Good Friday of Romagnano are considered one of the most remarkable social phenomena of cultural heritage of the Novarese and Piedmont.
Sacred Representation of Romagnano Sesia originates in April 17, 1729, Easter Sunday, with the establishment of the Brotherhood of Blessed Enterro, a term derived from the Spanish entierro, meaning "burial" in reference to the Holy Sepulchre.
It seems that the Brotherhood, headed by a prior annual appointment, was composed of thirty-three men among the most prominent personalities of the village. The documentation of the eighteenth century testifies that the only function of the brotherhood was to be carried in procession on the evening of Good Friday, the statues of the dead Christ and the Virgin of Sorrows.
Until the Sixties on Good Friday has had an annual basis, but the grandeur of the event, more and perfected over the years, imposed the Committee to establish a biennially in odd-numbered years since 1971.
In recent years the development of the Representation has hired a course virtually consolidated by involving more than three hundred actors and extras, dressed in the costumes of the time of the Gospels.
Event program:
Holy Thursday - April 13
From 21.00
PANEL I: Conspiracy of the Sanhedrin and covenant with Judah (Piazza Cavour)
PANEL II: Last Supper - Washing of the Feet - Institution of the Eucharist (Palazzo Curioni) from the upper room to Gethsemane
PANEL III: The Garden of Gethsemane (Park of Remembrance)
Good Friday - April 14 Morning
Morning
4:30 HOURS: Traditional passage of "Tinebre"
5:00 HOURS: Passage of "Tamburini" Band
8:00 HOURS: Constitution of the bodies of Veliti and the Legionaries - Delivery of the banners and pay tribute to the Governor
9.45 HOURS: Delivery of the keys to the Governor (Freedom Square)
10.15 HOURS: Transport of the dead Christ read from the Church of the Madonna del Popolo at the Abbey Church
11.00 HOURS: Procession of Our Lady of Sorrows
Good Friday - April 14 Afternoon
From 15.00
PANEL IV: Conspiracy of the Sanhedrin and covenant with Judah (Piazza Cavour)
PANEL V: Peter's denial (Piazza Cavour)
PANEL VI: Despair and Death of Judas (Villa Park Hunting)
PANEL VII: Jesus to Pilate's Court (Freedom Square)
PANEL VIII: Jesus at the Court of Herod (Freedom Square)
PANEL IX: Jesus returns to the court of Pilate (Freedom Square)
PANEL X: the Flagellation (Freedom Square)
PANEL XI: The painful way to Calvary - Meeting with the Holy Women, the Cyrene (From Freedom Square to the Memorial Park) the Crucifixion (Park of Remembrance)
19.30 HOURS: In the Abbaye Saint Silvano, the Solemn Liturgical of Passio in adoration of the Cross and Holy Communion
20:15 HOURS: solemn procession, relocation of the Dead Christ
Holy Saturday - April 15
From 21.00
PANEL XII: The Sanhedrin resolution to ask Pilate for guards the Tomb (Piazza Cavour)
PANEL XIII: The High Priests go to Pilate (Freedom Square)
PANEL XIV: Resurrection of Christ (Park of Remembrance)
Easter Sunday - April 16
From 20.30
PANEL I: Last Supper - Washing of the Feet - Institution of the Eucharist (Palazzo Curioni) From the Upper Room at Gethsemane
PANEL II: The Garden of Gethsemane (Park of Remembrance)
PANEL III: Anna and Caiaphas Court (Piazza Cavour)
PANEL IV: Peter's denial (Piazza Cavour)
PANEL V: Despair and death of Judas (Villa Park Hunting)
PANEL VI: Jesus to Pilate's Court (Freedom Square)
PANEL VII: Jesus at the Court of Herod (Freedom Square)
PANEL VIII: Jesus returns to the court of Pilate (Freedom Square)
PANEL IX: the Flagellation (Freedom Square) The painful way to Calvary - Meeting with the Holy Women, the Cyrene (From Freedom Square to the Memorial Park)
PANEL X: the Crucifixion (Park of Remembrance)
PANEL XI: Resurrection of Christ (Park of Remembrance)
