Custonaci

The small town of Custonaci, near Trapani, is set up to resemble an ancient village, and the local residents dress up as Jesus, Mary and Joseph, bringing to life the story of the first Christmas.

The Art of Nativity: 2007

When it has become quite clear that the anger of Heaven has been appeased, the picture is taken back to Custonaci.

Diversions in Sicily Henry Festing Jones 1889

A document is signed by the sindaco, and then the picture is brought from Custonaci and set over the great altar in the church of the Matrice.

Diversions in Sicily Henry Festing Jones 1889

I said that possibly something of the kind had been attempted, and that there may have been insuperable obstacles of which we knew nothing; and in any case, whatever the desolation of Palestrina, Custonaci was not in

Diversions in Sicily Henry Festing Jones 1889

So I had travelled to Custonaci and was about to return to

Diversions in Sicily Henry Festing Jones 1889

Her sacred picture is normally in her sanctuary down at Custonaci, about 15 kilometres distant, but when any general calamity afflicts the district, it is brought up to the Matrice or Mother Church of the comune on Mount Eryx.

Diversions in Sicily Henry Festing Jones 1889

I had made at Custonaci, but I did not know where he was.

Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions Henry Festing Jones 1889

Before we had finished I told them that we have a proverb in England that too many cooks spoil the broth, and added that I had never known precisely how many were supposed to be too many, but that, judging by the excellence of the repast, certainly more than three would be required in the caserma of Custonaci.

Diversions in Sicily Henry Festing Jones 1889

In our own time the Madonna di Custonaci reigns upon the Mountain, and is

Diversions in Sicily Henry Festing Jones 1889

This being so, one would expect to find its home on the top of the very Mountain itself, in the chief place of the comune, and not down at an insignificant little village like Custonaci.

Diversions in Sicily Henry Festing Jones 1889