Feast of the Baby Jesus and Saint Joseph

The 2025 edition

In March 2025, the Festa d'u Bamminu took place according to the usual rite that makes it unique in Sicily. For three days, the statue of the Baby Jesus, detached from the wooden group of Saint Joseph, was accompanied by the carpenters into the homes of Giuliana, where it was briefly placed on every bed. Young couples renewed the ancient vow, decorating the statue with scocche and leaving an offering. Each evening, the Baby Jesus was kept in a different church — SS. Trinità, SS. Cuore di Maria, and Carmine — until the reunion with Saint Joseph. The procession on March 19th concluded the festivities, with the confraternities carrying the sacred images through the streets of the town in the province of Palermo.