The Breaking of the Bread
La Bruna and the Wheat Rites
Before the great feast of July 2nd, Matera lives weeks of preparation tied to freshly harvested wheat and to bread, the city's symbolic food (Pane di Matera PGI).
We tell the story of the 'strazzo', the gesture of breaking and sharing bread, and the deep bond between agricultural cycles and popular devotion to the Madonna della Bruna.
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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.