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2010 Wishlist and some Random Photos of Abruzzo

I can’t believe it’s almost a month since I last posted. There certainly have been a number of distractions, Christmas and New Year being the obvious ones, but I didn’t realise I’d left it so long.

So to not delay any more I thought I’d share a selection of photographs that I took while in [...]

Civitella Alfedena Folk Festival

I’ve sent a tweet about this already. But since not everybody uses Twitter, and since I can tell from emails and from Google Analytics, that there’s a big interest in Abruzzo Folk Music out there, I thought I should mention the Civitella Alfedena Folk Festival in my blog.

So here is what you need to know:

Who [...]

Town Festivals, Special Events (Sagra e Eventi) and Città Sant’Angelo

I think I have struck gold!

I’ve written to several Abruzzo town councils (comune) over the last year trying to find out what dates particular festivals are scheduled. Since they are annual, but mainly take place over weekends they don’t occur on the same dates each year. Often they are wonderful spectacles, that can involve costume [...]