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The Italian ritual in honor of Santa Filomena – Battenti - is a primitive yet very holy and honored tradition which is celebrated on the second Sunday of August. This ritual has a strong personal value for the people from Mugnano del Cardinale, Italy and surrounding area. Indeed, many emigrants come back to Mugnano from all over Italy in order to take part in this ceremony.
The protagonists of this festival are called “Battenti” or “fujenti” due to the fact that they walk barefoot stamping their feet in a rhythmic way. They wear white trousers and a white shirt and a red band on the waist (the colors for purity and martyrdom).
The Battenti who walk to the village arrive at the sanctuary in the morning. The sanctuary is located in the main square of the town. The Battenti bring offerings of flowers, candles and the “toselli.” The toselli are symbolic constructions of sand molded in different sizes and shapes. They are decorated with ribbons, paper and sea shells.
Some of the Battenti carry the large statue of Santa Filomena. The “capo paranza” leads the marchers by playing the trumpet.
The devotees go on knees up the sanctuary stairs. They continue on their knees to the altar. They come close to the saint’s statue and then they start crying and praying. It is not rare that some of them fall in to a trance.
At midday, the mass takes place and in the afternoon there is a procession. On the 21st of August, there is a festival to celebrate Pio X, who was a promoter for S. Filomena’s cult.
Our Lady of Grace Church
Sanctuary of Saint Philomena
Fr. Giovanni Braschi
Mugnano del Cardinale
Italy
To learn more about the many Universal Living Rosary Association of Saint Philomena Missionary Centers around the World and to see more Feast Day Celebrations Reports, please visit: www.philomena.org
At Filomena's Pizzeria in Manchester, CT.
This photo gave me a little trouble. The perspective was skewed for some reason so that if I tried to straighten the foreground buildings, the ground would tilt up, and if I straightened the ground, the foreground buildings would tilt. I decided to level it to the ground.
After leaving the MPET Terminal at the port of Antwerp, the MSC Filomena (IMO 9447861) is seen here sailing out to Rotterdam.
Length over all : 366,08m
Beam : 48,20m
Built : 2010
Yard : Samsung – South Korea
Gross registered tonnage :
Deadweight : 146161
Capacity : nominal 13371TEU / at 14 tons unitweight 9080 TEU