'A Chiena di Campagna 2019: the water festival between buckets and walks

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The 'A Chiena 2019 Campaign water festival is a great opportunity to escape the summer heat and have fun with friends and others

The water festival  'A Chiena 2019 Campaign it is one of the most interesting events in summer, first of all because it is the festival of water, an essential liquid for the life of living beings, but which, due to the summer heat, becomes even more necessary. This is a simple but fun event because for a short period of time even adults can become children again and have fun throwing buckets of water.

For the uninitiated, 'A Chiena is a partial deviation of the river Terza by means of an artificial canal that carries the waters to piazza Melchiorre Guerriero during the summer. We are going to talk about a real folkloristic event whose origin is lost over the centuries. There are some sources that bring it to the beginning of the 1600s when the plague was raging going to clean the center of dangerous contaminated residues while others trace it back to the need to clean the streets from the excrements of pack animals, which also happened in Rome and Turin. . Finally it seems that it is mentioned among the seven labors of Hercules who diverted the course of the river Alfeo to clean the stables of King Augia.

'TO Keeps 2019 it represents an excellent opportunity to discover, through the various guided tours, a beautiful town. The event started on July 13 and will end on August 17, covering Saturdays and Sundays with the exception of August 16, which falls on a Friday.

Information on 'A Chiena 2019

Where: Campaign;

When: from 13 July 2019 to 17 August 2019;

Hours: Saturday 12:00 - 13:00; Sunday 12:00 - 13:00 and 15:00 - 16:00;

Prices: free admission;

 For more information: Facebook page  | Website | Information: +39 3338911710 - +39 3923675708 | email: info @ citicampagna.it

Program

July 13 2019

15:00 - 16:00 walk

July 14 2019

12:00 - 13:00 walk

15:00 - 16:00 bucket

July 20 2019

15:00 - 16:00 walk

July 21 2019

12:00 - 13:00 walk

15:00 - 16:00 bucket

July 27 2019

12:00 - 13:00 walk

July 28 2019

12:00 - 13:00 walk

15:00 - 16:00 bucket

August 03th, 2019

12:00 - 13:00 walk

August 04th, 2019

12:00 - 13:00 walk

15:00 - 16:00 bucket

August 10th, 2019

12:00 - 13:00 walk

August 11th, 2019

12:00 - 13:00 walk

15:00 - 16:00 bucket

August 16th, 2019

00:00 - 01:00 'A Chiena midnight

August 17th, 2019

00:00 - 01:00 'A Chiena midnight

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Written by Mirko Elia
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