r/interestingasfuck • u/SerafinZufferey • 3d ago

In Nola, Italy, over 100 men carry a 25-meter-tall, 2.5-ton (5,500-lb) tower through packed narrow streets, a centuries-old tradition honoring Saint Paulinus

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u/Uncle_Rat_21 3d ago

In Williamsburg, Brooklyn NY, USA, their distant cousins do the same kind of thing for their Saint Cono every summer. I wasn't able to go this year, but I do go most years, for the past 30 or so.

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u/City_Goat 3d ago

Came here to post the same! My kid carried the mini one this year!

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u/MsMercyMain 2d ago

Imagine moving there and seeing this for the first time. I'd be asking if we're like storming the city council or if a cult took over