Historical Carnival in San Giovanni in Persiceto

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  • Place
    San Giovanni in Persiceto
  • Events
    Street Show and folk events
  • Interests
    Art & Culture

San Giovanni in Persiceto hosts one of the oldest and most famous Carnivals of the Bolognese area, this year in its 146th edition. 

The historical Carnival of San Giovanni features a unique show: the "spillo" ("al spéll" in Bolognese dialect), or "transformation". Thanks to secret ingenious mechanisms, allegoric floats on parade undergo a real metamorphosis: at a certain point they suddenly change their features and colours to reveal their hidden, satiric meaning.

This is the magic of this Carnival: totally new looks come out from the original floats like rabbits out of a magician's top hat, surrounded by music and bursts of colored smokes.

The comic stock character of this Carnival is King Bertoldo, a rough, sharp-witted countryman that embodies locals' vitality and distinctiveness. Invented by the Bolognese writer Giulio Cesare Croce, Bertoldo and his retinue lead parades of floats in one of the oldest Carnivals in Italy. 


Details

  • Piazza del Popolo, 13 - San Giovanni in Persiceto (San Giovanni in Persiceto)
12 - 19 February 2023
12:00 - 20:30
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Information offices

Ufficio Relazioni con il Pubblico di San Matteo della Decima
Via Cento, 158/a - San Giovanni in Persiceto (BO)
+ 39 051 6812057 urp@comunepersiceto.it
Ufficio Relazioni con il Pubblico di San Giovanni in Persiceto
Corso Italia, 78 - San Giovanni in Persiceto (BO)
+ 39 800 069678 urp@comunepersiceto.it

Last update 16/01/2023

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