Atena Lucana

Atena Lucana is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.

Festivals

A popular feast day in Atena Lucana is the feast of San Ciro, which is celebrated the 3rd Sunday of May. The women, to show their devotion carry large pyramids of candles on their heads in a procession. Many of them go barefoot as well to show their devotion or to ask for a healing from the Saint. This sort of procession can only be found today in small communities in the southern parts of Italy.

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