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The legends and typcial traditions of Sorrento, and popular cultural events of the Land of Syrens have become the expression of a Folklore that evokes a lot of intense emotion for those who are fortunate to see one of them.
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| (Folklore) Folklore Sorrento & Folklore - A popular, yet genuine way of displaying a picturesque Sorrento The legends and typcial traditions of Sorrento, and popular cultural events of the Land of Syrens have become the expression of a Folklore that evokes a lot of intense emotion for those who are fortun |
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| (Folklore) The legend of Dead Christ’s statue - According to charming popular tales, the statue carried in procession in Sorrento, in the evening of Holy Friday, would have been made by a noble knight who would have achieved a right of asylum in the Church of San Catello. Surely among the oldest in Europe and all over the world, the Black Procession occurring on Holy Friday in Sorrento is rich in charm and suggestions for its aspect and its meanings.And, as any traditi |
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| (Folklore) The old tradition of Palms of sugar-coated almonds. - A profane legend exalts the sweetness of a gesture considered sacred. On the occasion of Palm Sunday, in the Sorrento Coast, people bless and exchange branches or small trees of sugar-coated almonds. All over the Sorrento Coast, the period of the Holy Week – which ends with Easter – is rich in appointments able to give incomparable suggestions. Just in this period, in fact, a number of |
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| (Folklore) The myth of Mermaids and the Sorrento Coast For almost three thousand years, the name of the Coast has been, in an indissoluble way, linked to those of fanciful personages. Several are the versions following one another in the course of years. The charming coastal town not only keeps many historical, artistic and natural beauties undamaged, but it also houses, every year, an interesting series of events drawing the attention of tourists com |
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| (Folklore) The legend of the Saint Felice and Saint Baccolo church The possessed spirits, the duke Sergio of Sorrento, the archbishop Barbato are the main characters of the legend of the building of the Saints Felice and Baccolo churches (also known as Church of the Brotherhood of the Rosary) and about the destruction of the port of Sorrento. Legend and miracle in Sorrento, mix frequently and in particular in the story of the Saints Felice and Baccolo church (also known as Church of the Brotherhood of the Rosary). About the birth of the cu |
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| (Folklore) Salve D’Espostito – Sorrento composer Short biography of composer Salve D' Esposito, glory of the Sorrento Coast Many consider the song titled “Torna a Surriento” like a sort of “national anthem” of the Land of the Syrens but Salve D’Esposito has the title of standard bearer of the |
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| (Folklore) The Sorrentine Tarantella The most famous popular dance in the world under the Sorrentine interpretation No one, coming to Sorrento, can miss the temptation to find the pleasures that only the Tarantella performance is capable of offering.Considered as the most famous popular dance in the world, in fact, |
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