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The annual San Rocco fair brings thousands of people flooding
in to Barga. One of the attractions is the street market with
hundreds of stalls lining the streets of Barga selling everything
from the traditional San Rocco goods such as melons, onions,
garlic, sweets, pots and pans to the more exotic articles such
as small green iguanas, african drums, silk kimonos and Chinese
medicines.There is such a
huge amount of things on display that the shopping binge
has to take place over 2 days to get everything in. Local people
take their knives and scissors to be sharpened and for some reason
known only to themselves, there is the traditional San Rocco
water fight which takes place in the piazzas and as can be seen
in the image above, has now entered the technological age. During
the day local
musicians keep the crowds entertained but in the evening
its time for some serious stuff. The roads are blocked off, tables
are put out where once were parked cars and the serious evening
festa begin. This year there were two main events....on Wednesday
15th August the piazza was taken over by the Barga Jazz Big Band followed on Thursday
16th, by the Giovanna
and Antonio Menza Orchestra. |
