Nurachi, the "Nights of Saint Lucia": 13 year old Alessia Tiana is the new Priorissa
After the investiture, preparations begin for the big party that will be celebrated in December
Emotions and many tears. Alessia Tiana , just 13 years old, is the new Prioress of Santa Lucia who is celebrated in grand style in Nurachi . The investiture has taken place. Now the young woman, also helped by her family, the Operaias and her classmates, will begin organizing the celebrations in honor of the Saint which are celebrated in mid-December . The 2011 draft will also collaborate.
The "Nights of Saint Lucia" is a moment that citizens wait for all year round in Nurachi. The protagonists are always the teenagers of the town, as happened many years ago, when those chosen to liven up the party represented entry into society.
It is a festival that celebrates the figure of women : on the night between 12 and 13 December it is up to Sa Priorissa and her helpers, Is Oberaias, to light the bonfire in the center of the square of the church of San Giovanni Battista and illuminate the Night.
This is the moment in which the whole community will be called to celebrate and dance around the fire .
Beatrice Ponti, 13 years old, wore the traditional clothes of the Priorissa last month: she was helped by her friends Pamela Zucca and Nicole Frongia. A centuries-long celebration , which many in Nurachi still talk about with tears and emotions.
