Nasari Living Nativity (Cunsaria)
Edition 2025 Finished Sacred music Gastronomy Local produce

Nasari Living Nativity (Cunsaria)

25 Dec 2025 — 06 Jan 2026
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto — Messina (283)

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Edition 2025 — Nasari Living Nativity

The third edition of the Nasari Living Nativity took place during the 2025-2026 Christmas season, bringing the Cunsaria village in Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto to life. With numerous performers of all ages and hundreds of visitors, the edition saw higher participation than in previous years, confirming its status as one of the most heartfelt events of the Christmas season in Messina.

The third edition (2025-2026)

The third edition of the Nasari Living Nativity was held in the Cunsaria village, in Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (ME), with evening openings between December 25, 2025, and January 6, 2026, generally from 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM.

The route featured the characteristic thematic areas of the nativity scene, with animated stations recreating the tavern, the school, the shepherds, the embroiderers, and the women at the loom, leading up to the Nativity stable in the zone of peace and light. There were also tastings of traditional dishes, background music, and live animals.

Organized by the Santa Maria e San Rocco Parish of Nasari with coordination by Tindaro Giovinazzo and Emanuele Munafò and the support of numerous volunteers, the edition attracted hundreds of visitors, with participation higher than in previous years.

Programme

Openings

  • Period: December 25, 2025 — January 6, 2026 (open on holidays and weekends during the Christmas season)
  • Evening hours: from 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM

The route

  • Zone of darkness (leisure and worldly life)
  • Zone of crafts and art (tavern, school, shepherds, embroiderers, women at the loom)
  • Village zone (daily life of the community)
  • Zone of peace and light (stable with the Nativity)

Along the route: tastings of traditional dishes, background music, and animals.

Highlights

Third edition with numerous performers and hundreds of visitors; reconstruction of ancient crafts in the historic Cunsaria village; tastings of traditional dishes and Nativity.

Prices

Access to the route required an entrance ticket.

Where does it take place — Nasari Living Nativity

Borgo della Cunsaria, contrada Nasari

Nasari Living Nativity in brief

Sacred music Gastronomy Local produce Heritage Folk traditions Folklore Outdoor Night Messina

History of Nasari Living Nativity

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