The first week of June the feast of Marzella is celebrated in Roviano, which in dialect a means a turgid and well-developed asparagus, an exuberant symbol of youthful virility.
After dinner, between singing and wine, a procession is held through the streets of the town with a big "stennardina", statuette of "Fra Marzella", dance of the puppets and finally fireworks.
The festival has assumed clearly licentious and outrageous characters, marked with joke and merriment, a ceremonial and a phallic ritual that recalls the pagan cults and pleasantness.
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