Calendimaggio: Flinging Medieval Banners – with Passion
Flags and banners are integral to the celebration of Calendimaggio in Assisi and not just those representing the two districts, La Magnifica Parte di Sopra and La nobilissima Parte de Sopra…. ..but all those colorful banners flung, twirled, hurled upwards in an astounding show of acrobatic splendor by Assisi’s sbandieratori: The sbandieratori (literally, “wavers…