On the occasion of the festivities Christmas republish the mythical legend of the cave u Fauzi, the story of the quintessential Christmas Eve Chiaromontesi.
With this we wish you happy holidays, and we will meet in January with many new stories and news for the new year ...
E Chiaromonte system to a curious story from childhood we are handed down from father to son and that, as adults, still unable to send those disturbing emotions again in his insinuatoreche I thought I had forgotten.
all began the night of Christmas Eve.
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This date, in addition to being the night of the birth of baby Jesus, was also made especially for a night dreaming about so much gold that would change the ' there forever. Today no one would pass in the mind of making money this way, (if the legend were true), but in poverty and despair of Chiaromontesi a time, clinging to everything, especially the enormous treasure hidden in a cave, "that du Fauzi.
This cave, located near the center of an enormous rocky headland near the village, once could be reached easily on foot, now the road is nearly all crumbled, and to reach it must be the only experienced climbers. This cave, as we said, is a mysterious place, where you deceive legendary stories, which always belong to our cultural ethos, and is linked to the Holy Mass on Christmas.
Mass is celebrated on the night of December twenty-four, followed by a great popular participation, and a moment of silence and peace, which serves to reflect and pray. In the not too distant, however, for Chiaromontesi apart the mass, the night of the twenty-four, also represented on the night of mystery. Here the mystery is combined with faith, and life to a history of treasures and mysteries. The story goes that in the cave lies a great treasure, which, though not visible during the remaining days of the year. The cave in normal days it has left to her fate, covered by thick vegetation and dominated by the many wild animals are hidden among the caves, such as hawks, snakes, fox, some wild boar, etc.. To create this beautiful treasure, but we must follow the development that takes place in the Cathedral Church of St. John the Baptist.
Almost at the height of the mass, in fact, while the priest celebrates the rite of the glass, the cave undergoes a transformation. From dark and abandoned, surrounded by her shining coffers full gold and precious stones. Those who manage to enter the cave and to seize the spoils of gold, get rich and lucky for life. There is only one constraint. If the person is satisfied with a handful of gold, and goes before the priest lowers the glass, get rich and save. Otherwise, if someone did take greed, and dwelt more time had to collect more gold than expected, the cave once again became dark, and the caskets and their contents will become the new powder.
But it did not end here.
damned souls, who through their greed have been transformed for eternity to become the guardians of the treasure, filled the victim of punches and kicks, until to hurl down from the rocky coast, hundreds of meters high. Chronicles tell us that a shepherd has often found a few people dying, covered with blood and his hands in his pockets and lots of ash.
True or false, "du Grutti to Fauzi, despite its age, still fascinates, and the real treasure for us Chiaromontesi, you pass on this history, as our ancestors have always done.
John Amendolara, Lucio Vitale