Festival of the 'Ndenna
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Festival of the 'Ndenna

08 Jun 2025 — 22 Jun 2025
Castelsaraceno — Potenza (076)

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Edition 2025 — Festival of the 'Ndenna

In 2025, the Festa della 'Ndenna once again animated Castelsaraceno over the three Sundays in June, renewing the tree wedding rite between the beech from Bosco Favino and the pine from Monte Armizzone, with Saint Anthony's procession and the final raising of the two married trees.

The 2025 edition of the Festa della 'Ndenna confirmed the traditional structure of the rite: over the three Sundays in June, the community of Castelsaraceno celebrated the cutting and transport of the two trees, the devotion to Saint Anthony of Padua, and the culminating moment of the raising ceremony, with the free climb up the stripped trunk. The festival attracted visitors and scholars drawn to one of Europe's oldest arboreal rites, preserved in the heart of Basilicata between the Pollino and the Lucanian Apennines.

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Centro storico di Castelsaraceno

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