Feast of Saint John the Baptist (with Varchiata a Mare and Fair)

The 2025 edition of the Feast of Saint John the Baptist in Pozzallo (Ragusa Province, Sicily) followed the established tradition: a week of religious and popular celebrations around the date of June 24th. The heart of the festivities was the evocative Varchiata a Mare, the sea procession where the statue of the Saint, placed on a flower-adorned fishing boat, was accompanied by small boats with red flags. The Saint's day concluded with a solemn mass and the evening procession of the statue through the streets of the center, along with the Reliquary Arm. The festival, deeply participated in by Pozzallo's emigrants and sailors, renewed an identity-driven rite with roots dating back to 1925.