Today is the feast of Our Lady of Mount she wrists, the heart of the Aspromonte.
This place, which has recently been the subject of attention by all the national media and not just because of summit held between the leaders of the 'Ndrangheta Reggina, today sees renewed the rites of a party that is not only religious, but also people, with music, dance, tarantella. Rituals (religious and pagan), revived hundreds of years.
For centuries, in fact, the province of Reggio Calabria and Sicily, even the species of the province of Messina and carry out an act of true faith and go up to the Shrine of the Wrist, to pay homage to Our Lady of the mountain to the graces received.
There are many stories that are told, more or less indirectly related to the folk tradition. Today, I want to tell one in particular.
Among the many pilgrims, there was nu massaru, a shepherd, Bova-town of Reggio Calabria and the Ionian nerve center of Bovesia , the area of \u200b\u200bthe Hellenistic riggitana province, where they speak the greek-Calabrian .
'U massaru, out of gratitude to Our Lady of the wrist for a grace, she began to raise a little kid.
Having to be a gift to Our Lady, 'u massaru particularly held the animal, so as to give the best herbs and special treatment, so that' crap Criscia iornu a more 'n year, that is visible DIRI of an eye.
arrived on September 2nd, the feast day, 'u massaru, entered the stall, looked at the goat and he was amazed on the size of the animal: he had come up so beautiful and strong, who NCI pariva bruttu private, also for a purpose so noble.
turnover is that 'u massaru obviously pigghiatu from human debulizza, looked around and chose another goat in the barn, except that he had so carefully raised.
Piggie 'na rope around the animal and already passed it in the night went along the road from the Sanctuary Bova saliva ra ra Maronna muntagna, joining with other pilgrims to arrive on time the next morning.
The journey continued, and in peri ca crapa ampestru, with a degree of calm until about halfway. Suddenly, however, the animal, as pigghiatu by a sudden fear, 'mpuntau' pear and froze.
All attempts to convince the animal to step forward, were in vain: 'a crap-in quantu crapa pirce dispittusa more authentic and nature-not the more orders smuvìu mancu ru Pope!
The sudden stop ra crap, meanwhile, had caused an indescribable tail and the inevitable complaints from the other pilgrims.
At some point, a man approached or 'massaru ask for explanations and' u massaru said curtly: "Not to 'mind your own business!"
To which the man replied, "No, not on' facts mei, on 'facts Maronna ra! "
At these words,' crap vutau bridges and started to run fast in the opposite direction to that of the sanctuary. 'U massaru, desperate, tried to chase it as he could, but then gave up: there was no ra crapa signu!
the farmer does not just have to face facts. At that point, in fact, understood the meaning of words of the unknown and became convinced.
After he returned to the barn, took the good goat, the one who initially raised with the intention of offering to the Madonna, and walked back along the road leading to the shrine.
The goat was so healthy and strong, that he began to run stronger and stronger along the climb, dragging 'u poviru massaru.
arrived at the wrist, in front of the sanctuary in a very short time, surpassing the rest of the pilgrims who preceded them.
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