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FESTA DELLA SARACCA
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- The first traces of the \"Festa della Sardina\" can be found on the Iberian peninsula at the beginning of the 1500s, as attested to by the a 1514 painting by Francisco Goya. In Spain, the name of this festival actually means “funeral of the sardine,” and marks the passage from Carnival to Lent. Probably this rite arrived here in the 18th century, while the “Funerale della Saracca” (a kind of sardine), as it is represented in Oliveto is rooted in the years around WWI. The present version (originally held on Ash Wednesday) took form in the '70s and '80s, when a progressive re-population of the village allowed the festival to draw more participants and reach its current dimensions. Today it is celebrated the second Sunday in March in Oliveto, a village belonging to the Municipality of Monteveglio.