The country church of San Sisinnio in Villacidro is already festively paraded, illuminated and decorated with hundreds of red and white flags. Since last summer, the Feast of San Sisinnio has been included in the program of events of the Sardinian identity tradition .
The colors of the holy martyr and warrior also stand out in the thousands of flags and cloths of Via Garibaldi , which, like every year, is preparing to welcome the long procession and religious procession, a tradition that has been repeated and renewed every year for four centuries .
Yesterday night anticipation of the party in the square of the church of San Sisinnio immersed in the park of the same name with centenary olive trees, with the theatrical monologue on the Buggerru massacre "Eva e Petra" , written by Gianni Loy and interpreted by Fabrizio Passerotti .
Tomorrow at 18:30 the start of the religious celebrations, with the mass and the solemn procession to accompany the effigy and the relic of San Sisinnio from the parish of Santa Barbara towards his church with the religious and civil authorities, the escort of the knights of San Sisinnio and the procession of folk groups, musical band and faithful. The return of the Saint in procession to the town on Sunday 6 August will be filmed this year by Videolina video cameras .
«The Feast of San Sisinnio, in addition to representing our identity and our traditions, constitutes a moment of great cohesion in our community and can become one of the driving forces of tourist and economic development of our community, always paying particular attention to preserving and enhancing the religious characteristics and devotion to the holy martyr» says the mayor of Villacidro, Federico Sollai.
The celebrations for San Sisinnio have always combined the religious character of the festival with the popular one , with ludic entertainment and musical evenings; Friday and Saturday in the square of the country church, Sunday and Monday in the town of Villacidro.
