FABIO ARTUSI Documentary Photographer

Feast of the S.S. Crucifix, "Maestranze". Calatafimi, Trapani. Sicily

Feast of the S.S. Crucified the great Spring Festival for which the town of Calatafimi in Segesta, Trapani, is famous in the world. The party takes place with a three-five-year periodicity. Feast of abundance feast of waste feast of ostentation proud of their work but also of thanksgiving for their wealth and for the life that celebrates the miracles wrought by the wooden crucifix of the Church of St. Catherine in the last days of June 1657. The "Ceti" celebrate with generosity and abundance of means the Patron Saint and at the same time themselves, their social recognition, their hard work, being part of an organized community "being Ceto". Compared to the past, only four today are the main classes, the "Maestranza" the ancient city militia who parades in uniform and marching weapons, the Borgesi, the peasants who parade with the inseparable Mule richly harnessed workmate, the Massari in past the superintendents who took care of the Feudi and Massaria, the Cavallari who parade with the characteristic Sicilian cart as a symbol of the values ​​and themes of Sicilian craftsmanship. Smaller but also present classes are those of the Millers, Ortolani, Caprai and Pecorai, Butchers, Borgesi di S. Giuseppe.