Carnival of Aidone
from saturday 1 february 2025 to friday 28 february 2025 in Aidone, Enna
The Carnival of Aidone is called the longest carnival because it is celebrated until the Saturday following Shrove Tuesday.
According to an ancient tradition, carnival festivities are organized, i.e. New Year's Eve parties organized in various halls of the village where masked dancers perform to the rhythm of scotz, a very ancient dance, which can be danced in single pairs or all together with a game of exchange of pairs, turns and jumps.
The Saturday after the Ashes is celebrated the day of the Carnival, which is considered to be a legacy of the Ambrosian Carnival. It is said that the inhabitants of Aidone, having to justify to the clergy the prolongation of the feast in the middle of Lent, had invented a nice anecdote: a little shepherd had hurried up to the village to have fun and dance, but when the carnival arrived he was already past; disappointed and bitter he was preparing to return to his sheep, but the villagers, pitied, reopened the feasts and celebrated with him.
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