- SERA DELL'EPIFANIA:
Twelfth Night
A representation of amateur
actors takes place at the parish church.
- FESTA DI PRIMAVERA:
It takes place inside the
'Parco del Barberino' at Easter Monday. It consists in a journey through
which you receive petals at every stop in order to make a flower, which
has to be handed over at the arrival.
- in the afternoon a competition:
the housewives of Cividate make homemade cakes and the best one is rewarded.
- In the morning it is an
ancient custom to eat 'spongada with salame'
- CARNEVALE:
On the last Sunday of Carnival
there is a parade and a fancy-dress ball takes place on Shrove Tuesday
- ESTATE CIVIDATESE:
A range of cultural events
which take place in summertime.
- On the First Sunday in
August guided visit to the'Parco del Barberino'
- A Tour of 'MALGHE': Varrilla,
Spondone, Lavena, Rondenino, Campolaro
- In late summer a tour
to a European city is usually organized
- SANTO STEFANO
St. Stefano is the
Patron Saint of the town, during the feast it is organized 'L'incanto della
Melga' an auction sale to get money for the local parish church.
- On Thursday: after
the 1st and the 3rd Sunday of the month there is an open-air market
TRADITIONAL
CUSTOMS
CALENDAR
Every year it is issued
a calendar which proposes themes of life and tradition of Cividate.
It is sold at the news-stands
and is sent to emigrants of Cividate abroad
AMUSEMENTS
In the past children played
with lanterns-pumpkins with a ghoulish face ‘co de mort’ carved on one
side which glowed when a candle was lit inside.
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