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« Reply #75 on: 15:18:39, 05-10-2008 »
That wine funeral looked fun Don Basilio.  For a moment I thought it was a real Cardinal driving the tractor!

Italy is such fun I find but your comment about lack of altar boys at Mass, is that a fact?
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« Reply #76 on: 15:41:58, 05-10-2008 »
We went to an 11am mass in Cormons.  No organ, no servers, no incense, all over in 45 minutes.  It was still the Christian Sunday eucharist, which I am very glad to have had the chance to attend, but compared to the style of the procession, a bit perfunctory.

Here is the funeral announcement, parodying those that are plastered all over spare walls in Italy for the recently deceased.  The names of the relatives are those of other grape varieties.



And here are the mourners behind the coffin, the other varieties of grape
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« Reply #77 on: 15:46:38, 05-10-2008 »
But although Vino Tocai is buried, Vino Friuliano is just born ! ! !

Here is a very game woman dressed as an angel riding a tricycle in which three bottles of the baby new wine are cradled.
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« Reply #78 on: 15:59:44, 05-10-2008 »
Just noticed Kitty's informative bit on the previous page.  Thank you.

But why was Maximillian at Cormons?  I believe that as late as the demise of the Austro Hungarian Empire,  Trieste was its main port.  In which case Cormons might have been part of it?  So it might have been part of Maximillian's territory?  Which might explain why its patron saint is an Archbishop of Prague?  Which might explain its very unItalian name.  (The name might be Friuliano, or possibly Slovene.)
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« Reply #79 on: 16:49:43, 05-10-2008 »
Quote from: Don Basilio on 15:41:58, 05-10-2008
We went to an 11am mass in Cormons.  No organ, no servers, no incense, all over in 45 minutes.  It was still the Christian Sunday eucharist, which I am very glad to have had the chance to attend, but compared to the style of the procession, a bit perfunctory

Gosh!!  Here, we have no Vicar at the mo, he was a Canon and has been promoted to Archdeacon and, being managed by a consortium of Vicars until one is appointed (The Church in Wales moves exceedingly slow) we are now, instead of sung Holy Communion, an "All Age Communion" is to be introduced twice a month!  Heavens!  That means short version, no incense, no servants of the sanctuary, as you say 45 minutes not hour 15 minutes.
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« Reply #80 on: 17:29:37, 05-10-2008 »
I always find kids are fascinated by incense.  I would have thought it would be a good idea to have it for special children's services.  I am very concerned that having special children's services only patronises kids, makes them think religion is inherently infantile, and panders to adult sentimentality, leaving out all the challenging bits of religion.

This service in Italy was not for children: it was just unimaginative.
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« Reply #81 on: 21:17:05, 05-10-2008 »
Quote from: trained-pianist on 16:18:48, 01-10-2008
This church looks very much like  St Pauline church in Trier. May be St Pauline church is smaller.

Thanks for this, tp.  I've just found out that St Paulinus Trier was by the same architect as Vierzehnheiligen, Balthasar Neumann.  He also built the Residenz in Wurzburg, the Prince Bishop's Palace, which has wonderful frescos by the Venetian painter Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.



It is deeply frivolous of me, I know, but I prefer Tiepolo to Cezanne any day.

Paulinus was the first Archbishop of York.  Unlike the current holder of the post he was not Ugandan.  His feast day is 10 October.  Maybe it is another Paulinus in Trier.
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« Reply #82 on: 13:30:34, 06-10-2008 »
Back to the Festa dell'Uve at Cormons.  There were a large number of children participating, and I realised that I had taken so many photos that in the UK I would probably be on some sort of Child Protection Register.

There was a firm called I quattro stagione, and their float was preceded by four kids representing the four seasons:



The girl in blue on the front left is Spring, then going round the maypole anti-clockwise we have Summer in a red dress with a sheaf of corn, then two boys, Winter in a black cloak and Autumn as a farmer with straw hat and check shirt carrying a basket with a very large bunch of grapes, the reason why Autumn is the most important of the four seasons, at least in Collio.
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« Reply #83 on: 09:38:55, 08-10-2008 »
Then there was a float showing Ulysses lashed to the mast of his ship to hear the sirens' song.

Here is Ulisse and the sirens



The sirens are in blue plastic fish tails with scallops shells covering their breasts.
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« Reply #84 on: 09:49:06, 08-10-2008 »
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« Reply #85 on: 09:51:14, 08-10-2008 »
Ulisse was bopping about, and the sirens doing synchronised hand movements to the Village People's YMCA.

Honest.
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« Reply #86 on: 09:53:18, 08-10-2008 »
If you liked that one, martle, here's another view.  I did take rather a lot of shots of this particular float, I found afterwards.
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« Reply #87 on: 10:04:49, 08-10-2008 »
Here is Ulisse in close up.  You can tell he's a good catholic boy because he is wearing a crucifix



I think the (to my mind over extensive) shoulder tattoo was temporary.
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« Reply #88 on: 10:08:54, 08-10-2008 »
Quote from: Don Basilio on 10:04:49, 08-10-2008
You can tell he's a good catholic boy because he is wearing a crucifix

Thank you for that point of clarification, I was thinking perhaps he had pagan tendencies.
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« Reply #89 on: 10:22:04, 08-10-2008 »
Quote from: Don Basilio on 10:04:49, 08-10-2008
I think the (to my mind over extensive) shoulder tattoo was temporary.
I've seen much more extensive ones which weren't.

He does appear to be smiling directly at you in the second pic. Maybe he was pleased for attention to be being paid to him and not the Sirens.
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