Space for the traditional fish festival in the tourist village of Stintino , scheduled for Saturday 16 September .
The celebrations for the patron saint of the town, the Blessed Virgin of Defense, are drawing to a close. On Saturday the Piazza dei 45 will host the awards ceremonies for the games that have involved many people from Stintino, and not only, during these two weeks of celebration. Then the return of the fish festival and at 10pm music with the "Stintino Guitar Contest" .
On Sunday 17 September the Confraternity house will be the meeting point for the members of the Stintino association. At 3pm, in fact, they will meet for the election of the new prior, who will take over the baton from Antonio Diana. At 5pm the parish church, after the mass celebrated by the parish priest Don Daniele Contieri and the procession through the streets of the town with the members of the Confraternity of the Blessed Virgin, will be the canonical place for the exchange of the flag between the outgoing and new prior. The festival will therefore close by remembering the meaning this has for the people of Stintino.
«The spirit of union - states Prior Antonio Diana - reflects the soul of our celebration which, for almost 160 years, has been repeated unchanged in the Stintino community. An anniversary that unites and this year, with the great participation of faithful, authorities, votive flags of the territory and of Nurra, as well as folk groups and various guests, it has fully demonstrated this."
The festival is organized with the patronage of the Municipality of Stintino, the Foundation of Sardinia, the Chamber of Commerce, Salude and Trigu and with offers from citizens, traders and many friends of Stintino.
