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Infiorata di Noto - Sicilian Flower Festival held in May
The last weekend in May the city of Noto features flower "mosaic" pictures made of flower petals at the Infiorata di Nota festival.
 
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On the southeastern coast of Sicily, the scenic city of Noto holds a unique festival at the end of May called the Infiorata. Artists work with a special organic soil to outline a scene on the sidewalk which is filled in with specially prepared flower petals, along with other organic seeds and dried legumes. The process is much like making a stained glass window, with the leading being the small earthen dam and the glass represented by the flowers.

The exhibit consists of many individual works spread out on Corrado Nicolaci, a street in Noto lined with palaces. On Friday the artists begin their creations so they can be admired over the weekend. Then on Monday children are allowed to run through the flowers, destroying the works. This theme, one of creation by the older forces and destruction by the young upstarts so that renewal can take place, is a theme in many traditional festivals in Italy. A similar occurrence takes place in the Festa della Madonna Bruna in Matera, Italy.

This year Sicilian artists came to San Francisco to recreate the Infiorata. For information on the techniques used and pictures of the process, see the Infiorata of San Francisco.

From James Martin,
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