September 14th at ~6:30pm
Grace and I were invited along to go visit Riccia, a nearby village that is actually quite a bit bigger than Pietracatella. On this day they were celebrating "Festa Dell'Uva" or the Grape Festival.
The village was packed, to the point we could not find parking .... in the village. We lucked out at the top and were right next to the piazza where the festival was centered. At first there were some flag jugglers, then some traditional dancers. Then there were 19 carts that were pulled by tractors. These carts were constructed to look like some of the small country-side homes. Others were sporting huge demijohns decorating with actual grapes. I was quite impressed with the effort that must have gone into making these. I mean the grapes still looked plump so they were probably assembled in a short time.
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