Saint Leonhard Horse Ride – Badia

9-10 November 2024. A traditional feast. Horses, folk costumes, and typical Ladin cuisine

On 9-10 November 2024 San Leonardo, a small hamlet in Badia, celebrates its Patron with Saint Leonhard Horse Ride (“Leonardiritt”), a traditional feast with horse riding, folk costumes and typical Ladin foods

The Saint Leonhard Horse Ride – this year at its 24th edition – revives local traditions and beliefs. The highlight is the big parade in the morning when inhabitants wear folk costumes and pass by with floats and marching bands from San Genesio, and Badia.

Saint Leonhard is the patron saint of peasants, craftsmen, horses, and knights. Thus, at the end of the parade, livestock and peasants are given a blessing.

As in any feast in Alto Adige, it is possible to enjoy specialties and traditional Ladin plates from Alto Adige, such as “Tutres” (fried wafers filled with ricotta cheese and potatoes) and “Furtaies (snail-shaped fried sweets)
In the program also chestnut roast, music entertainment as well as the folk dance groups from Val di Fassa and Val Badia.

The festival takes place also in the event of bad weather.

INFORMATION
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(photos from Cavalcata di St. Leonhard website)