The Giostra della Quintana experienced through the story of a Foligno native: “When the door of a district opens, each of us is catapulted into a new dimension, every personal problem becomes secondary”. The Rivincita takes place on September 14th and 15th.
It is chosen partly by chance, partly by hearsay, partly by hearing: “Why did you do it and chose to stay there, in that district, or over there, in the other one”. Four walls that multiply, infinite friendships that are cultivated, hectolitres of grapes that are consumed. Yet the feeling of every Quintanaro is always the same, that is, that there could be no other home than this one in which to spend our summer days and not. The Quintana of Foligno is among the most numerous historical re-enactments, the bonds that are built are difficult to explain, seeing each other often or never seeing each other does not exclude a hug in the tavern when we meet.
Of course, we make sacrifices, in a goliardic system that aims to express itself at its best, a towing cart in which, if any member gives in, then the weight becomes greater. The push, however, is one that makes you enjoy the whole journey, sweat that falls from the eyes and wets with pride, the smiling lips of those who transform fatigue into a finish line, a journey together between whistles of choirs and sincere faces. And then ladies and baroque dresses of an ageless charm. Knowing that you can identify with those years, each with their favorite clothes and colors.
But who makes us stand there looking at a flag for hours and get excited every time it waves on the bridge, between the loggias, in the squares or at Campo De Li Giochi? Maybe we are incredulous and wait for the symbols to become real or we are simply drunk on wine and love. The fact is that the emotions are multiple and independent of the result because the Quintana is a single word that encompasses a collective of different people who perhaps could not have coexisted if they had not had a common faith.
When the Quintana calls Foligno the people all respond, when the door of a district opens each of us is catapulted into a new dimension, every personal problem becomes secondary, we are all for everything or for nothing, it is the same, but we certainly have at least three things as common goals: it is to avoid eating more than 10 livers; not to lose at filomè; to transmit unconditional love. The Quintana is a social context in which children and the elderly mix together their knowledge and coexist without any distinction.
We invite you to get to know our festival, giving them the same attention and love that we have for our horses, we invite people to spend an evening with an atmosphere that can involve everyone, to taste dishes of the past, to be pampered by a drum beat or a sweet singing of a clarinet. Because… we are the Quintana of Foligno. And there is no Perugia1416 that can hold us back.
For further information: www.quintana.it
Translation made with an automatic tool
Giovanni Ruiu
