Santa Rosalia Patronal Feast

The 2025 edition

In 2025, Bivona once again celebrated its patron saint with the traditional early September festivities, culminating on September 4th with the Scinnuta and the procession of the reliquary. The 17th-century simulacrum, covered in gold and adorned with twelve silver bells, was welcomed as it exited the church by the waving of hundreds of white handkerchiefs and accompanied along the streets of the center by brass bands.

The days featured a mix of solemn masses, parades by folk groups, traditional drummers, and entertainment in the town squares, with the traditional fair and the fireworks display closing the festivities.

September 4 — Feast Day

• Rite of the Scinnuta of the reliquary during the solemn mass, greeted by the waving of white handkerchiefs
• Procession of the reliquary carried on the shoulders of twenty faithful through the town streets, accompanied by brass bands
• Closing fireworks display

In the preceding days: dawn reveille, traditional drummers and local bands, folk group parades, and a fair with stalls along the streets of the center.

The Scinnuta rite and the procession on September 4th, amidst white handkerchiefs, brass bands, and fireworks.