The re-creation of a traditional wedding dinner that has been celebrated for centuries. The traditional nuptial meal of ziti stuffed with lamb is enjoyed accompanied by Calabrian folk music, and followed by dancing. Festival of Sant'Antonio Abate. This event commemorates Sant'Antonio's miracle of 1886. He is said to have stopped the lava flowing out of Mt. Etna towards the town just as it was about to be destroyed.
Locals celebrate the miracle by dancing, singing and, of course, by feasting on local delicacies.
This festival celebrates the miracle that took place on Pellegrino mountain in 1642. In this year, local believers will tell you, the Saint appeared in a vision to a hunter from Palermo. She told him where to find her remains, which had been lost to the people since her death. Recruiting some townspeople to help him, the hunter found the place she described and unearthed the body of the Saint. At that moment, the terrible illness that had been plaguing the city disappeared.