Holy Week comes alive and the Vibonese traditions are ready to take shape, starting with an event that has always been very heartfelt and participated, presented this morning in the town hall during a press conference: the “Sacrum Opus”first edition, organized by the Hipponion Association, with the patronage of the Municipality of Vibo Valentia, of the Chamber of Commerce of Catanzaro Crotone Vibo Valentia and other commercial partners, which will be held tomorrow evening from 8 pm departing from Piazza San Leoluca. But first, from 6pm, the procession will start from the headquarters of the Fire Brigade in Viale A view to reach the first scene.
To meet the journalists, the Mayor Enzo Romeothe Councilor for Culture Stefano Soriano and numerous city councilors, alongside the members of the Association as well as protagonists of the representation: Costantino Comito, Lorenzo Esposito, Vincenzo Romeo, Silvestro Bonaventura. The mayor focused on the importance of the rites of Holy Week, remembering that he has always spent the Easter holidays in the city for “the great attachment to these moments of faith, but also of traditions”. “The municipal administration firmly believes in all this – reiterated the first citizen – and in fact we are aiming a lot, we did it at the bit, we did it with a conference in the Senate and we will continue to do it”.
Soriano, for his part, has outlined the lines that are guiding the administrative and political action of the Department: “in concert with the mayor, we continue to believe that Vibo Valentia must fully travel the roads of tourism in all its form. Our goal is to create a billboard of stable, characterizing events, capable of recalling the visitor with fixed appointments. Unfortunately – noted the commissioner – on other occasions we have noticed how a synergy between the various realities are missing, and this is a shame, but we will work to facilitate relationships also in this sense “.
CommitmentFinally, he provided some advances with the novelties of this year (for example the scene of the flogging, which is particularly realistic) and the details of the path. Eighty -five between actors and extras, for a representation that will start at 6 pm with a procession from the square of the Fire Brigade Command, on Viale Around, to cross the city to Piazza San Leoluca. “A way – said Comitus – to pay homage and thank all the merchants who support us”.