Sciacca Carnival – Sciacca (Agrigento)

February 22-23 and from February 28 to March 2, 2025 one of the most famous Carnivals

On February 22-23 and from February 28 to March 2, 2025 Sciacca celebrates the rituals of Carnival.

The Sciacca Carnival is one of the most well-known Carnivals in Sicily, often compared to the Carnival in Acireale. It features masques, music, dances, and traditional food.

The protagonist as the King of Carnival is Peppe Nappa, the local mask that opens and closes the event. For the whole duration of Carnival, Peppe Nappa’s cart parades along the city streets.

The first celebrations were a popular event with masqued people strolling in the street. The food was one of the protagonists, mainly sausages, “cannoli” and a lot of wine.
Subsequently, masquerades climbed on the first ox-drawn carts to go around the narrow streets of the city.
From 1920 one of Carinval’s attractions became orchestras and actors who recited in the local dialect.

The allegorical carts are prepared by the associations of Sciacca which also give life to music, ballets, and parading making the whole city dance.

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Curiosity
Sciacca is a seaside town of 44,000 inhabitants in the province of Agrigento also famous for the production of ceramics.
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