The long mid -August of Messina opened this morning with the drafting and assembly of the tires of the Vara in Piazza Castronovo. A “behind the scenes” exciting by stories of devotion and tradition like that of the young people of the Vallata di Mili who reproduced and personified the Vara by creating the structures and clothes.
Touching the testimony of the young Alessandro, born and raised in the ropes together with his dad, a devoted shooter. In the Cathedral, the pontifical mass presided over by the Archbishop Accolla in the presence of civil, military and historical group Vara and giants chaired by Franco Forami, a soul of the Vara procession which will start at 6.30 pm from Piazza Castronovo.
Among the Messinesi returned to the city to live this day the president of the Labor Office Msgr. Marco Sprizzi. Direct RTP starting at 17.30 to also follow the blessing of the ropes and the song of the Ave Maria.