This Sunday 11th November at Fornoli there’s the traditional Thanksgiving Day.
Among the events there will be
- A parade of tractors.
- Chestnuts and other chestnut-derived goodies together with mulled wine on Saturday and Sunday afternoon prepared by the Alpini.
- A folk song group
- Craft and food stalls
- Work produced by local school children
- Chainsaw sculptures
- At 12.30 at the Lanternina restaurant a production of ‘The Devil’s bridge’ by the Teatrino Del Serchio company.
- At 4 pm the tractors procession will be repeated. At 5 pm the works exhibited in primary school will be awarded and there will be dances accompanied by popular music.
Incidentally Thanksgiving Day has been recognized as a national event since 1951 and takes place between the 11th November (St Martin’s day) and 17 January (St Anthony Abbot’s day, patron of shepherds and farmers.)
PS Don’t forget, especially if you come from the other side of the pond American Thanksgiving at Alla Cantina di Carignano with Chef Paolo Monti on Thursday 22 November starting with an aperitif at 12.30 (Full menu in your November copy of ‘Grapevine’ magazine.
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For more pictures of previous thanksgiving events in Fornoli plus videos of traditional folk groups and dances do see my posts at: