Celebrations of big shoulder-borne processional structures

Overview

Catholic processions featuring large shoulder-borne processional structures take place throughout Italy, but particularly in four historic city centres: in Nola, a procession of eight wood and papier mâché obelisks commemorates the return of St Paolino; in Palmi, bearers carry a complex processional structure in honour of Our Lady of the Holy Letter; in Sassari, the Discesa dei Candelieri (Descent of the Candlesticks) involves the votive transportation of wooden obelisks; and in Viterbo, the Macchina di Santa Rosa (Tower of Santa Rosa) commemorates the town’s patron saint. The coordinated and equitable sharing of tasks in a common project is a fundamental part of the celebrations, which bind the communities together through the consolidation of mutual respect, cooperation and joint effort. Dialogue among the bearers who share this cultural heritage also results in the development of an...

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Community and Authority

Communities: Italy
Languages: Not specified in UNESCO dataset
Cultural territories: Italy
Countries: Italy

How the System Works

Music, Performance and Oral Literature Material Culture, Design and Technology Ceremony, Spirituality and Cosmology Ways of Knowing and Knowledge Transmission

Sources and Evidence

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title: UNESCO DataHub field title_en
preferredTitle: UNESCO DataHub field title_fr
summary: UNESCO DataHub field description_en
type: UNESCO DataHub fields type_of_element_en and type_acronym
countries: UNESCO DataHub field countries, ISO codes resolved with ISO-3166 regional metadata
categories: ARED category inference from UNESCO concepts_primary_names, concepts_secondary_names and title
relationships: UNESCO concepts_primary_names, concepts_secondary_names, type fields and World Heritage links
sourceUrl: UNESCO DataHub field http_url_en
rights: UNESCO DataHub dataset metadata license and license_url

Original Source Metadata

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ich_public_ref721

inscription_year2013

title_enCelebrations of big shoulder-borne processional structures

title_frLes processions de structures géantes portées sur les épaules

type_of_element_enRepresentative List

type_acronymRL

countriesIT

http_url_enhttps://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/00721

concepts_primary_namesProcession, Religious practice

concepts_secondary_namesCatholicism, Costumes, Craft workers, Cultural events, Effigies, Guild, Instrumental music, Offering, Saints, Vocal music, Woodworking

main_image_urlhttps://ich.unesco.org/img/photo/thumb/07338-LRG.jpg

main_image_caption_enNot supplied

main_image_copyright2010 by Paolo Peluso

main_image_authorPaolo Peluso

videoshttps://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/7_VbCqWVxZQ

images[object Object], [object Object], [object Object]

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Procession Religious practice Catholicism Costumes Craft workers Cultural events Effigies Guild Instrumental music Offering UNESCO representative list

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