Easter and Madonnas
The Zite and Spring Picnics
Matera's Easter weaves together faith and countryside: the silent Holy Week processions in the city and, on Easter Monday, a picnic among olive groves and farmhouses with the Murgia's first wild greens.
We tell the story of the 'zite', figures and Easter sweets tied to rural engagement rituals, on a route that blends the sacred and the convivial.
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Other experiences
Light in the Bread Caves
Christmas in the Sassi
A procession of lights through the alleys of the Sassi, among ancient ovens and the scent of fresh bread.
Light in the Bread Caves
Following the Comet
The night-trekking variant: we leave the Sassi for the Murgia plateau, with torches and lanterns, to a viewpoint over the city.
Matinate of the Neighborhood
Matera's Carnevale
Masks, folk music and the pig-slaughter ritual: Matera's neighborhood Carnevale, experienced from within.