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I Battenti di Nocera Terinese { 18 images } Created 19 Apr 2014

The ritual starts about at 8 in the morning when the procession of the statue of the Pieta begins from one of the small village churches. The "Vattienti" (beaters) are dressed in black with their head covered with a crown of thorns. Each of them is accompanied by a local boy covered by a red cloth and caring a cross called "acciomu" (Ecce Homo, in latin as said by Ponzio Pilato she he saw Jesus before the crucifixion), a symbolic sign of connection with Jesus Passion. The vattiente runs in to the village street hitting his legs with a cork containing glass bits, when he cross the Virgin Mary statue he stops and start flagellating him self
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  • A Battente flagellates himself in front of the main church of the village of Nocera Terinese
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  • A Battente follows the procession in Nocera Terinese
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  • The ritual of the Battenti in Nocera Terinese in the holy Saturday
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  • A young girl cross the main square of Nocera Terinese tryng to avoid the blood left by the Battenti after the flagellation
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  • The legs of the Battenti are cleaned with wine and vinegar
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  • A Battente flagellates himself on the main street of Nocera Terinese
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  • A Battente followed by a man reppresenting Christ on the medieval streets of Nocera Terinese
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  • A Battente flagellates himself to pay his respect to the statue of the Vergin Mary
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  • Every Battente is folowed by a companion representing Jesus Christ
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  • A Battente flagellates himself to pay his respect to the statue of the Vergin Mary
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  • A Battente flagellates himself to pay his respect to the statue of the Vergin Mary
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  • A Battente flagellates himeself in the main square of Nocera Terinese
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  • A Battente flagellates himself to pay his respect to the statue of the Vergin Mary
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  • The procession in the streets of Nocera Terinese
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  • A Battente with his face cover of his on blood
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  • A Battente flagellates himself
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  • A Battente flagellates himself to pay his respect to the statue of the Vergin Mary
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  • A Battente with his face cover of his on blood
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