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Società Dante AlighieriSocietà Dante AlighieriComitato di SienaComitato di Siena
IL MONDO IN ITALIANOIL MONDO IN ITALIANO
The Contradas and the The Contradas and the Palio in the history and Palio in the history and
life of Sienalife of Siena
Central Connecticut State Central Connecticut State UniversityUniversity
Agenda Agenda
• Introduction to Siena;
• the Contrada in the past;
• the Contrada in the present;
• the horse-race: IL PALIO
The Contradas: the territoryThe Contradas: the territory
Le consorelle (co-sisters)
Eagle Caterpillar Snail
Owl Dragon Giraffe
Unicorn Porcupine She-Wolf
Shell Goose Wave
Panther Woods Turtle
Tower Ram
The Contradas’ roles in the past
Associations for people with the same job
“Simple” justice
Military tasks for protecting Siena
Protection of the fountains
Cleaning of each area
Associations for mutual benefit
The enemies – rivals
PREMISES
The head-quarter
The church
The Museum
Premises for social activities
The stable or house of the horse
The social structure
The POPOLO (protectors)
Elected leaders for the PEACE time:
priore - vicari - pro vicari - seggio esecutivo - seggio non esecutivo
Elected leaders for the WAR time (palio):
capitano - mangini - barbaresco
Elected leaders for the GROUPS (women, men, culture, seniors, kids, etc.)
Nowdays example (la Torre)
Popolo: circa 5.500 persone
Priore - Massimo Brogi - Vicari Piero Luigi Mirolli - Francesco Franchi
Capitano: Maria Aurora Chigi Zondadari
Mangini: Cesare Savelli - Marco Giusti
Collegio Maggiorenti: 11 persone - Seggio esecutivo: 20 persone
Seggio non esecutivo: 35 persone - Paglietta (anziani): 10 persone
Giovani: 10 persone - Donne: 10 persone - Uomini: 10 persone
Gruppo culturale: 10 persone
Nowdays Contradas roles in the everyday life
Assistance to the seniors
Assistance to the young people
Sporting events
Cultural events
Transmission of the Contrada heritage
Palio
A Contrada MUST BE
A-political
Intergenerational
Volunteer
THE PALIO
JULY 2nd & AUGUST 16th
PALIO STAGESThe Drawing of the Contradas
The horses selection (5 days before)
The Drawing of the horses (3 days before)
The jockey selection (even on the last day)
The rehearsals (twice per day for 3 days)
The jockey mass (in the morning of the Palio)
Blessing of the horse(early afternoon)
The horse-race
Te Deum in S. Maria in Provenzano (2 luglio)
in the Duomo il 16 agosto
The Contradas drawing
7 Contradas DID NOT run the Palio on the past August
and they will run the Palio FOR SURE
the captains draw 3 Contradas so that 10 Contradas run the
Palio
Horses selection
On the basis of the health of the horses
some veterinarians and the Contradas Captains select 10 horses
between around 90 horses
The drawing of the horses
After having made a group of 10 horses, the Mayor of Siena
in the Piazza del Campo draws
a horse and a Contrada.
From this moment on the horse lives in the stable of the
Contradas with the people
The jockeys The jockeys
• Professionals
• Often not from Siena• once they start to run in Piazza del Campo
they receive a nickname (Luigi Bruschelli called Trecciolino - Andrea De Cortes called Aceto)
The rehearsalsThe rehearsals Twice per day: 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
On July 1st and August 15th in the evening
there is a huge gala dinner in the
streets
The blessing of the horseThe blessing of the horse
The priest of each Contrada
blesses the horse saying
“………. va’ e torna vincitore”!
The historycal procession
When they come into the piazza the jockeys keep
the riding switch
The start (mossiere, canape)
Celebrations Celebrations
• Feasts every night
• Parades mocking the enemy contrada
• At the end of September or beginning of October there is a large