The Historical Carnival of Offida

The Historic Carnival is the festival that passes down the rites of carnival music and its traditions

Offida Marche municipality in the province of Ascoli Piceno. The historic Carnival is rooted in the people of Offida, the festival that hands down the rites of carnival music. It begins with the Domenica degli Amici, with the historic Congrega del Ciorpento 1948 announcing the start of the carnival. Lu Bov Fint At the Friday festival a mad rush towards the fake ox to touch it and slit its throat and finish it on the ring column, the Vlurd on Tuesday men, women and children parade in masks, on their shoulders bundles of lit reeds, cross the streets country and then throw them in the central square, creating a fire in the center of the square, they run in a circle dancing and singing until the fire is extinguished, taking the carnival party away with them.