Nails and tongs are on an embroidered pillow, held by the virgin ones. With a long band passing under the armpits, the statue is hoisted on the cross. At each nail that is planted, you hear the bang of a bomb, a particular bomb, called miana, packaged for the occasion according to precise rules.
Cartoons by Francesco Barone
MAQ Magazine n. 11 / March - April 2019