Sagliano Micca: regional Festival of Alpeggio Toma

filled by Giulia & Romeo

A festival that has the taste of tradition and an almost lost world …
In Passobreve, fraction of Sagliano Micca, in the province of Biella, in the first weekend in October at the high pastures of the valleys. The shepherds with their flocks and their herds in the meadows of the fraction carry down the cheese produced during their time in the mountains ....

This two-day program:

Saturday, October 1:
from 19.30 dinner with traditional dishes in the frame of the courtyards
Sunday, October 2 hours 9.00raduno of herds
11.00 am Mass in the Oratory of San Defendente
12.00 am Blessing and cattle breeders
12.30 pm Lunch at the Social House
(for reservations call 329 9029031, 349 8201941)

During the whole period shows, exhibitions and video shows.
At the sales stand located in the fountain in the town center you can purchase the Toma cheese and other local products.

For those who love the circus and street theater here is an event not to miss:
“Tutti matti per Colorno”, international festival of circus and street theater, now in its fourth edition. The review will cover the entire center of the country and will be attended by 20 companies from around the world for a total of over 50 artists.
Special guest of the Italian-Belgian company "Gritto", a rare example of an Italian street circus that blends poetry, music and spectacle of acrobats. There will also be the historic French company "Les Apostrophes" that will, on the national premiere, the new show which includes an interaction, through a path in nine stages, with the urban space. And then the "Teatro Gestual del Cile",, the "Teatro Necessario", , the musical group of Berlin "Haferflocken" born in the streets of the German capital. Great return for the off area that will show unusual and special shows like "Rodis night," mixing wine, music, cabaret and burlesque.
New this year the brand new 200-seat tent environmentally friendly and the "piedi bus", transport service... and that will accompany the visitors on a guided tour of the shows.
Appointment then from 2 to 4 September.
For a full schedule and show times visit http://www.tuttimattipercolorno.it/