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Flumeri’s\n\u201cPull of the Giglio\u201d can be defined as a syncretic ritual practice that holds\ntogether the traditional peasant culture connected to the wheat cycle and the\nCatholic liturgical calendar. It is repeated every year on August 15th, and it\nrepresents the culminating moment of a ritual path started by the Flumerese\ncommunity in the beginning of July, in conjunction with the wheat harvest, the\ncareful selection of the ears and the creation of the “chains”, or\nthe decorative elements for the external coating of the giglio<\/em>. The devotional machine represents a votive offering to San\nRocco and consists of a pyramidal obelisk about 30 meters high, divided into 7\nlevels and covered with decorative panels of wheat and straw artistically\nintertwined by women and teams of young people. On August 8th, with the ritual of\nthe alzata<\/em> or “lift” the giglio<\/em>\nis brought upright. This operation is coordinated by expert carristi<\/em>, or\n“<\/em>floaters“<\/em> and it involves the participation of many Flumeri citizens\nwho complete the arduous task with the help of their arms, ladders, pitchforks,\npoles and ropes. During Ferragosto\u2019s afternoon, the giglio<\/em> is brought from Campo del Giglio to the church of San Rocco\nby a tractor and by the “funisti” who help keeping it in balance by\npulling thick hemp ropes. The route takes place in a festive atmosphere to the\nrhythm of the drums and it ends late in the evening with the proclamation of\nthe winner of the Palio for the most beautiful decorations. The following day,\non August 16th, during San Rocco\u2019s procession, the winning team bears the honor\nof carrying the banner with the effigy of the Saint in front of the statue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nentire Flumeri community is involved in the assembly of the festive machine and\nthey actively participate in the ritual by regularly gathering in Campo del\nGiglio during the months preceding the feast. It is here that the ears of wheat\nthat the farmers have harvested for this specific purpose are gathered, and the\nwomen begin to group them by shape, size and color and then they make them even\nmore flexible by immersing them in water. Only when the neck of the culm is\nparticularly elastic, they proceed with the intertwining of the “chains”.\nThe teams of young people who work with the ears, whole or cut, the stems of\nthe durum wheat plant, and the stems of the wild oat plant, cooperate at the\nconstruction of the decorative panels for the 5 facing floors. Each team has\nits own name and color and is comprised of around twenty participants, who on\naverage are 17 years old. On the other hand, the construction of the structure\nis made by carpentry experts called “carristi” who also deal with the\nconstruction of the first level of decorative panels (the San Rocco level) and\nthe tip of the giglio<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\nis not possible to establish a certain date for the origin of the ritual of the\n“tirata del giglio” in Flumeri, but popular tradition associates it\nwith an ex voto made by the farmers in honor of San Rocco, whose cult is\ndocumented in Flumeri since the end of the 16th Century. Initially the ex voto\nwas made of simple bunches of ears that were tied around a wooden rod and were\neach unique. In the second half of the 19th Century, collective offers were\nmade, and each district of the town began building its own float. At the\nbeginning of the 20th Century, a single structure made of wheat began to be\nassembled, as a symbol of community unity, in the shape of a large Christmas\ntree hoisted on an agricultural carriage, pulled by oxen. Between 1968 and 1972\nthe carpenters Nicola Giacobbe, Rocco Del Sordo and Rodolfo Mandarino modified\nthe structure of the devotional machine, shaping the current one, and replacing\nthe oxen with a tractor that assured greater safety and stability.\n\nThe whole Flumerese community is deeply involved in\nthe creation of the giglio<\/em>. The\ndedicated work is all voluntary and motivated by the devotion to San Rocco. The\ngrowing number of young people are a guarantee of the continuity of this\ntradition. The establishment of the Palio in the \u201990s has increased their\ninvolvement.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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