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Wheat Woven for the Traglie

Wheat is used to decorate Gambatesa in Molise for the Feast of la Madonna delle Traglie.

Wheat woven for the festival, Gambatesa, 49 KB

The wheat is ran' cappalon' (grano capellono). -- "It is a decoration, like Christmas decorations."

Street decorations of wheat, Gambatesa, 21 KB

Photographs by Angelo Abiuso, 25 July 2006 at 17:53 hrs and 24 July 2006 at 12:10 hrs.


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Last revised: 13 January 2008 : 2008-01-13 by Robert [Wesley] Angelo.

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