Carnival of Scampia

Since over 30 years the GRIDAS cultural association organizes the carnival in Scampia, the popular district of Naples, especially for the facts narrated by the writer Roberto Saviano in “Gomorrah”. Each year, schools and citizens participating in this parade that ends with a large bonfire burning the main carriage as a wish for all participants.

processione battenti di san lorenzo maggiore entrata in chiesa

“Battenti” San Lorenzo Maggiore

The catholic rite of penitents called “battenti” which is celebrated every holy Friday, in the village of San Lorenzo Maggiore, in the south of Italy is an ancient penitential rite where men and women with their faces covered hitting a sign of penance during the procession between the two churches in the country, is a