The Popular Games

The competition between the four districts takes place in the main square of the village which is designed like an arena for the occasion.

Each neighborhood deploys a team of “athletes” who will have to compete and challenge themselves in a series of very special tests, inspired by traditional games of the past. These games range from classic racing with sacks, shooting of stacks of cans, tug of war, to catching (with your mouth!) apples from a tub full of water and so on…

The winning neighborhood will be the one who at the end of the various tests have received the highest score.

The fun of the event is not only about the performance of the “athletes” in the field, but also the choreography and scenography of the Contradas in the grandstands supporting their “Champions”.