Easter in Amalfi, a time of faith, culture, tradition and sacredness. “The Municipality of Amalfi, led by Mayor Daniele Milano, is preparing to celebrate Holy Easter-a moment experienced with great intensity by the entire community-and to welcome tourists with a program of events through which the city’s great anthropological heritage is renewed, discovering the most authentic and profound faith of the Amalfi people…“
Tradition and faith
The Passion of the Resurrection comes alive again through performances at the Ancient Arsenal of the Republic, “Shema Adonai” Tuesday, March 26 h 8 p.m., and “LuxAnimae“, Saturday, March 30 h. 19:30. Two events charged with excitement and tradition that will captivate all spectators.
“Vigils in music and theater for the hours of the Passion, summarizing the collective imagination with which all Amalfitans strongly identify. An expression of art and faith that reaches its zenith in the Procession of the Dead Christ, accompanied by extensive liturgical programming. In keeping with tradition, we have also focused on culture and outstanding multidisciplinary events for the Easter holidays, including music and theatricalization “- emphasizes Councilwoman in charge of Culture and Events Enza Cobalto.
The detail of the performances:
“Shemah Adonai“,
ARSENAL OF THE REPUBLIC – Tuesday, March 26 h 20:00.
Edited by the Kaleidos Association. The work, written by Alfonso Minutolo, accurately depicts the passion of Christ mixed with current events. “Shemà Adonai (Hear us Lord in the Aramaic language) is the cry for help, the prayer raised to Christ by the people of the world…” The play is an opportunity for everyone to reflect, this is perhaps the purpose of the play, which achieves its goal through a highly emotional and artistic portrayal, all enriched more with the extraordinary participation of the Battenti di Minori, with their centuries-old songs, recognized and protected by the Ministry of Culture, and the talent of Kaleidos actors: on stage Maria Nolli, Giuseppe Pisacane, Enzo Oddo, Alfonso Liguori, Anna Maria Esposito, Luigi Sommariva, Lara Manzi, Nicola Castello and Nuccia Paolillo.
“LuxAnimae“, ARSENAL OF THE REPUBLIC – Saturday, March 30 h. 19:30.
The new project by Marina Bruno, Ondanueve String Quartet and Michele Maione, directed by Francesco Rivieccio.
“Acoustic sounds, electronics, explicated vocals, folk rhythmic influences, sacred, secular texts, meditative atmospheres, forays into ethnic and baroque music, to contemporary pop. Music that comes from worlds, styles, eras, cultures far away…”
An emotionally charged performance and again food for thought. “LuxAnimae” sees the light at perhaps the most difficult time in recent decades for much of humanity, and it is the child of doubts, reflections, uncertainties, aspirations, aimed at creating a line of communication with something “higher,” some sort of entity that can enlighten souls by pointing the way back to individual and global serenity…”
A special place to fall in love again...
The Good Friday, as the sun sets, Amalfi is extinguished and illuminated only by the evocative lights of torches and braziers, which accompany the nighttime procession of the Dead Christ, one of the most intensely felt religious traditions carried on by the Royal Archconfraternity of Our Lady of Sorrows. After passing through the entire city, the Statue of Christ is laid in the church in Municipio Square: Our Lady of Sorrows then returns, alone, to St. Andrew’s Cathedral.
The program of events is accompanied by the liturgical celebrations, starting from Palm Sunday and throughout Holy Week, until the Pontifical Easter Mass in the cathedral on Sunday, March 31, 2024 at 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m., with a procession to the baptismal font.
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