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The rites of Santa Sumana are a popular religious event typical of the Italian town of Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto.
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The rites of Santa Sumana are a popular religious event typical of the Italian town of Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto.
The rites of Sumana Santa or Santa Sumana are rooted in the history of Spanish Sicily 1516 - 1713 when the entire island subject to the domination of Crown of Aragon, combined with the Kingdom of Naples passes under the jurisdiction of the Crown of Spain. In 1571 "Pozzogottesi" obtained from the Grand Court of the Archbishop of Messina permission to elect their chaplain stationed in Saint Vitus no longer depend from the Archpriest of Milazzo. The first procession is carried out in 1621 as a movement of protest against the Jurors of the city of Milazzo, under whose jurisdiction Pozzo di Gotto depended politically and physically by providing a distant village and as a vow and promise to break the bond of subordination constraint which will be permanently discontinued on the 22 of May 1639. Initially it is carried in procession the Catafalco with the Dead Christ, after 5 will be the statues that depict respectively Mysteries: the Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane, the Lord to the column, the Fall, the Lord's Cross, the Urn. Then will be added the statue of Our and gradually, other scenes representing the Stations of the Cross until you reach the current number. A first suspension of the Sacred Representation occurs following a seismic event, known as the southern Calabria Earthquake of 1783, after which the statuary groups suffered significant damage. The interruption is prolonged until 1800, and in 1801 a similar procession is organized in the core of Barcellona. The village to the west of Longano in turn under the jurisdiction of Castroreale and had already followed the example of the neighboring community rebelling against Jurors castrensian doing in the Church recognize their independence. The autonomy of the village of Barcellona is decided by the Sicilian Parliament, recognized by the King 15 May 1815 and ratified in Vienna on February 28, 1823 by King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies. The administrative union decreed January 5, 1835 comes into force on the 1 st. June 1836 at the behest of King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, deciding that the new municipality formed by the merger of the two ancient districts bore the full name of Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto. Since Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto has two Archpriests and boasts the occasion of Holy Friday two separate processions, parades and routes. During the Crimean War broke out in 1854 in Europe a violent epidemic cholera which soon transcends the boundaries of Alps and upsets the whole of the peninsula, reaching rates high mortality in the provinces of Messina and Palermo. Even on this occasion, the celebrations are not made for fear of infections due to numerous outbreaks.
Spanish flu remain clear even footprints in the etymological definition: from the Spanish Semana Santa to the local Santa Sumana. Not the baroque splendor of the Holy Week in Seville or Málaga or Cordoba or Granada, not the incessant processional marches always clearly of Iberian Trapani or Caltanissetta, but one of the prettiest and for number of simulacra, certainly the most rich and varied.
In similar events is still in use Cataletto or Catafalco with Dead Christ, often veiled in the colors of mourning. In the representations of the Holy Week rites of Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, in both the processions Catafalco is replaced with urns or coffins of wood and glass, from which the etymology "Bara" and "Baretta." The terms "vara", "Varetta" and "varare" are derived from Latin and Spanish that means to lead, carry with rods or shafts, promoting sustainable through the use of stands. The transport and the stops along the processional route followed the trend of the times: the long poles for carrying on the shoulder carried by porters and trestles were replaced with more comfortable wagons, which have kept only the rods for directing or entrainment of simulacra.
| Sequence and name of the Vare | Barcellona | Pozzo di Gotto |
|---|---|---|
| The Last Supper | Â Cena 1801 (coopers, distiller) | Â Cena (carpenters, joiners) |
| Prayer in the Olives Garden or Gethsemane | Û Signuri all'Ortu (carpenters and porters) | Û Signuri all'Ortu (peasants associationsand Catholics) |
| The Praetorium of Pilate | Û Pritoriu di Pilatu | |
| The Flagellation | Û Signuri â Colonna (blacksmiths) | Û Signuri â Colonna |
| The Ecce Homo | L'Accia Omu (Confraternity of the Immaculate) | L'Accia Omu 1621 (Brotherhood of Sant'Eusenzio) |
| The Christ with the Cross | Û Signuri câ Cruci (potters) | Û Signuri câ Cruci |
| The encounter with the Holy Women | Û Signuri 'ncontra Marta, Maria e Maddalena (recreational facilities) | |
| The Fall | Û Signuri â cascata 1800 (tailors and shopkeepers) | Û Signuri â cascata 1911 |
| The dispossession of the garments | Û Signuri spugghiatu dî Giudei | |
| The Crucifixion | Û Crucifissu (Brotherhood of the HolyCross, carpenters) | Û Crucifissu 1870 (Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament) |
| The Descent from the Cross | Â Scesa o Deposizzioni dâ Cruci (construction contractors) | |
| The Pietà | Â Pietà (fishmongers) | Â Pietà |
| The Deposition in the Sepulchre | Û Signuri puttatu ntô Sapuccru (butchers) | |
| The Symbols of the Passion | I Simbuli dâ Passioni | |
| Urn with Dead Christ and the Jews | Û Signuri Mottu (S.S. Brotherhood of Johnthe Baptist) | Û Signuri Mottu 1895 |
| The Sorrows | Â 'Ddulurata (S.S. Brotherhood of Johnthe Baptist) | Â 'Ddulurata (Brotherhood of the Soulsin Purgatory) |
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