In the heart of Marsala's Stagnone Lagoon, where the sun dips among the Egadi Islands giving some of the most striking sunsets in the world, the review comes to life every summer A Scurata – Cunti e Canti al calar del sole – Memorial Enrico Russo. A unique event that combines the excitement of theater and music with the magic of Sicilian nature.
Christmas is the most magical time of the year, for everyone but especially for children.
With its warm and enveloping atmosphere, lights, colors, and scents, it evokes in adults childhood and family memories, rituals that are transmitted to children and that in turn will pass on.
A time that belongs to the family, made of waiting for gifts, for meetings with loved ones, for joy and joy.
There is no event more awaited than Christmas: one of the most important anniversaries of our country, celebrated all over the world and loved by everyone!
But what is Christmas? The feast of Christmas was born as the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, but like every day of Party, has its tradition behind it, which we carry on to this day.
During the Christmas holidays, the city of Marsala is dressed up and lit up with many colored lights to accompany everyone in this magical moment. This time of the year is full of events and parties. There are many traditions related to Christmas. Below we show you what you shouldn't miss about the Marsala Christmas period.
The Feast of the Immaculate Conception is the day when, traditionally, the Christmas tree is made, but it is not only this: on December 8 of each year the Church celebrates the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, so as the latter has been preserved from original sin from the first moment of its conception.
On the evening of December 31st, we celebrate the end of the year and the beginning of the new year. This is a holiday that traditionally represents a moment of reflection, as well as a celebration: New Year's Eve (al cenone di Capodanno) has the image of a transition to a "new life", useful for establishing "resolutions" for the new year, to expect the best from the future.
Festivals, culture, sports, gastronomy, wine tourism...
The sea is one of the strong points of the city of Marsala from a tourist point of view. But Marsala is a city where past dominations have made it possible for several peoples to mix, making it a place rich in multicultural festivities and traditions handed down over time.
Whatever time of year you come, Marsala will reward you with events, festivals and fairs linked to the history, culture and gastronomy of all those peoples who have put down roots in this land.
On the day before Christian Easter, Good Friday, immediately after the service of the Lord's Passion celebrated in the Mother Church, the statue of Our Lady of Sorrows is carried in procession through the streets of central Marsala accompanied by the clergy, confraternities, civil and military authorities, and the numerous faithful.
Every year, on Holy Thursday, the procession of the Living Mysteries is celebrated. The main streets in the centre of Marsala are transformed into a theatre and the city prepares to welcome a multitude of people for the Procession, the rite by which the Passion and Death of Jesus Christ is represented.
