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Five ideas for starting New Year on Mt Etna

Posted on 06/01/2025 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

After having given the usual resounding welcome to the new year, we find ourselves in the first week of January already planning the near future. Whether you are a permanent resident or a tourist, when you have the privilege of living at the foot of a volcano like Etna all your choices will also revolve […]

Rituals for Good Luck: from burning branches to fireworks

Posted on 30/12/2024 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

In a short time, the first hour of the New Year will strike, with the twelve strokes of midnight, and everyone – wherever we are, whatever our beliefs – will celebrate this event with lights, torches, fires and “firecrackers”. There’s no point in pretending… fire is fascinating. And it has always fascinated precisely because of […]

Volcanoes and mandarins: the Holy Cribs of Etna

Posted on 23/12/2024 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

The making of nativity scene (Holy Crib) is a very ancient tradition in Sicily. One of the classic traditions that has remained most alive, ever, even resisting the “invasion” of Santa Claus and the famous Christmas tree. Once upon a time, for Sicilians, the Holy Crib was the center of the Christmas celebration – as […]

Christmas Markets in the Etna Area

Posted on 16/12/2024 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Etna is not only a fascinating volcano that attracts tourists from all over the world, but it is also a large mountain rich in diversity – natural and cultural – that changes with each season. And during the winter season, even on Etna, Christmas takes on an enveloping meaning. A mix of sacred, legendary and […]

Saro Ruspa: Etna’s “super hero”

Posted on 09/12/2024 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

There are men who are born to become heroes … and when they become heroes, then they manage not to get a big head and remain the simple and genuine people they have always been. We call them “hidden angels”, we call them “mysterious Clark Kents” … in Catania, we call them like him: Saro […]