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Focara 2018, in Novoli fire is back

Fòcara 2018

District: Apulia
Province: Lecce (LE)
Locations: Lecce (LE)
Date: 2018-01-10

Focara 2018, in Novoli fire is back

Fòcara 2018, in Novoli burns the highest bonfire in Europe, between history and renewal. It is the most memorable and heartfelt celebration of Sant'Antonio Abate in the winter of Salento.

Considerable the program and many novelties for the 2018 edition: tourists from every corner of southern Italy are expected for the Fòcara di Novoli.

The most important festival of winter the first of the new year. The most loved by the Novolese, the most eagerly awaited by the Salentini.

Fòcara and cinematography

The program of the Fòcara 2018 will continue on Wednesday, January 10th, beginning at 8.00 pm, at the Teatro Comunale di Novoli.

This time we will give space to the cinema with the screening of the two shorts "La notte del fuoco" and "FuoriFuoco".

The cinema of "La notte del fuoco" and "FuoriFuoco" is coming

"La notte del fuoco" by Antonio and Massimiliano Verardi.

Set in Novoli during the feast of S. Antonio Abate. The protagonists are 4 young people who meet to participate in the construction of the great bonfire. Each of them with their own stories is linked to the other by a common thread that is represent precisely from their roots. "FuoriFuoco" is a documentary on the rites of fire, written by Giovanni Blasi. It is a real journey through the bonfires of Puglia and popular traditions.

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