Matera, Basilicata as every village has its ancient traditions. The tradition deeply felt and shared by Matera is the procession of the Madonna della Bruna .
The statue of the Madonna della Bruna is the mother church of the city. The name This Madonna, venerated since the beginning of the second millennium and celebrated on July 2 on the day of the Visitation, derives from Mount Hebron in Judea, where Mary would have traveled to find the cousin Elizabeth to announce she is pregnant. But it also alludes to the dark color of his skin in the manner of Byzantine Madonnas or, again, the mythology where the name of Brown would be reported to the old love for the Earth-Mother as a pledge of good harvests and fertility.
July 2 before sunrise pastors entering the cathedral, which dominates the magical blend of the Sassi cave dwellings, and greet the image of the Madonna della Bruna before taking their herds to pasture. When the sun comes the procession of the knights who escorted Mary to the parish of Piccianello where the artisans have prepared the wonder of a great chariot: the golden palanquin, angels and sacred scenes shaped by papier-mâché.
The use of the chariot procession dates back to 1400 thanks to the Count Tramontano. Its construction work for weeks, then as now, carpenters, painters, Indore, paper pulp.
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