lot of news weblog of Carnival 2009, presented at the Teatro Comunale and tourist resources, including the establishment of the lottery.
The floats and groups masks will be judged by three panels: the technique (consisting of art teachers), and younger people (consisting of high school students) and the People (citizens will have the opportunity to express their views by sending an SMS).
Among the new features, again, the establishment of the consortium of the carnival, the partnership with the Carnival of Cento and the Brazilian Sao Paulo, the formalization of the two masks of the Carnival of Massafra: the Gibergallo Pagghiuse and Lu. A carnival-like event which promises to be so rich.
The evening, conducted by the publisher Massafra Dellisanti Antonio, mix show and talk, you wanted to be a time in which to give voice to protagonists of the carnival.
The lineup has seen alternating musical moments by the association Puglia Brass interventions of guests.
The mayor expressed his satisfaction: "This year I felt more passion for the carnival, which will be a complete manifestation: a set of culture, economics and entrepreneurship."
The culture Giandomenico Pilolli called the Carnival ' stimulus of the economy ': "The carnival is an important resource for the city. The entrepreneurs have joined the Administration in carrying out the Carnival making 'flying economy' Massafra. Francesco
D'Ambrosio, president of consulting associations, spoke of the Consortium "The Consortium is a body in which the administration believed that the foundations are setting up to be capitalized."
Grace Sharp presented the 'Gibergallo': "I agreed to draw the Gibergallo because I was requested by the Gallo family. This mask, in its simplicity, is a clown who wears a black tailcoat played down the colors of the shirt and pants, is holding a rooster and a broom decorated with colored ribbons. The same cutting edge, when speaking of his friend who died tragically a few days ago, shows the difficulties of young people seeking to express their talents in a land that often do not listen to them. Melanie Longo
the task of presenting 'Lu Pagghiuse': "Crucible of art, history, culture and folklore, is an almost caricatured version of Massafra fact pagghiuse is a person who as a flash in the pan ignites quickly on and off as quickly. As for the colors have the red symbol of passion, the symbol of the brown earth, the yellow symbolizes the sun, the blue that recall the colors of the sky and the sea and hope. "
lawyer Michael De Giorgio intervenes to clarify certain technical aspects of the nascent consortium Carnival: "The establishment of the Consortium of the Carnival of Massafra, required a thorough study in order to give a serious legal form to the event, which will do the job all year."
expresses great satisfaction Cristian Serio, vice president of the consortium.
Great expectations from the whole city then placed on the festival carnival, the excitement has already begun, with the hope that this is a good year. Mariella
Orlando