by Elia Fiorenza CalabriaOra - Sunday, September 28, 2008 
Saints Cosmas and Damian, who keep watch on travelers
the 26th and 27th of September marks, as every year, the solemn celebration of the Saints Cosma and Damiano. Days when the popular devotion becomes evocative power and moment of pure religion, where un'interrotta prayer of supplication to join votive spiritual acts that reveal how the individual is tried by suffering, but also sustained by faith and the thirst for a merciful God. Gestures and signs that here generate questions about existence, humanity to find meaning. The eye rests on the bare feet of the pilgrims who come to the shrine dedicated to the Saints Medici feet consumed, bruised in the reality that depict the journey of life.
And then the chants, the invocations, praise, testimonies seem full of meaning, of a time that goes beyond any distance to help the soul to the promises of a fervent hope. There is a required step in everyone's life: the moment of sharing, meeting, diversity. And here, the streets of Riace that converge at the sanctuary, echoing drums, the screams, along with bright colors that cross the threshold of habit instead to capture the essence. In the crowded nooks
, suggestively the drapery slip away to give space to try to share various generations that occur along the cult of the Saints Cosmas and Damian Anargiri sounds and aspirations. As a magnetic tape and the memory is saturated wraps jerkily, with instant arrest, which coincided with the most extraordinary moments, decrypted by the wonder experienced in front of a crowd of people walking, moving, in exultation. It 's the unique and warm presence of the Gypsies, Roma and Sinti, which features with this festive atmosphere Statues on the feast of the holy Doctors. Their customs, their status vivendi so special and unusual, and those twirling their passionate folk.
Their dance captures the energy in every breath of air nell'asimmetria of their movements, the real performance of harmony caught in the laws of gravity.
They look at the world around them as they had in hand the keys to happiness. Of all ages wear this, they hide behind their gaudy costumes in shades of mauve, green, red and gold, adorned with ribbons, jewels and embroidery. This concrete statement of their identity.
this valuable An identity of the Roma, which integrates the breaking of routine, where customs and traditions converge only now complied with all sullen respectability. An identity that becomes an anthropological insight, as well as the introduction to their original culture and always fair, with authentic ager for pilgrims: the travelers passing through fields and hazards just to reach the goal fixed in advance. Nomads of the world short
which combine together to sudden changes in the nature, certain that the sacrifice brings reward. Their story is about emotions, challenges, adventures, and they meet every year to experience the miraculous feast of these saints, venerated by gypsies as their protectors and patrons, is a possibility of confrontation that recalls the colorful earth and how different among men who live there.
Saints Cosmas and Damian, who keep watch on travelers
the 26th and 27th of September marks, as every year, the solemn celebration of the Saints Cosma and Damiano. Days when the popular devotion becomes evocative power and moment of pure religion, where un'interrotta prayer of supplication to join votive spiritual acts that reveal how the individual is tried by suffering, but also sustained by faith and the thirst for a merciful God. Gestures and signs that here generate questions about existence, humanity to find meaning. The eye rests on the bare feet of the pilgrims who come to the shrine dedicated to the Saints Medici feet consumed, bruised in the reality that depict the journey of life.
And then the chants, the invocations, praise, testimonies seem full of meaning, of a time that goes beyond any distance to help the soul to the promises of a fervent hope. There is a required step in everyone's life: the moment of sharing, meeting, diversity. And here, the streets of Riace that converge at the sanctuary, echoing drums, the screams, along with bright colors that cross the threshold of habit instead to capture the essence. In the crowded nooks
, suggestively the drapery slip away to give space to try to share various generations that occur along the cult of the Saints Cosmas and Damian Anargiri sounds and aspirations. As a magnetic tape and the memory is saturated wraps jerkily, with instant arrest, which coincided with the most extraordinary moments, decrypted by the wonder experienced in front of a crowd of people walking, moving, in exultation. It 's the unique and warm presence of the Gypsies, Roma and Sinti, which features with this festive atmosphere Statues on the feast of the holy Doctors. Their customs, their status vivendi so special and unusual, and those twirling their passionate folk.
Their dance captures the energy in every breath of air nell'asimmetria of their movements, the real performance of harmony caught in the laws of gravity.
They look at the world around them as they had in hand the keys to happiness. Of all ages wear this, they hide behind their gaudy costumes in shades of mauve, green, red and gold, adorned with ribbons, jewels and embroidery. This concrete statement of their identity.
this valuable An identity of the Roma, which integrates the breaking of routine, where customs and traditions converge only now complied with all sullen respectability. An identity that becomes an anthropological insight, as well as the introduction to their original culture and always fair, with authentic ager for pilgrims: the travelers passing through fields and hazards just to reach the goal fixed in advance. Nomads of the world short which combine together to sudden changes in the nature, certain that the sacrifice brings reward. Their story is about emotions, challenges, adventures, and they meet every year to experience the miraculous feast of these saints, venerated by gypsies as their protectors and patrons, is a possibility of confrontation that recalls the colorful earth and how different among men who live there.
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