The festivities begin with a noisy procession of folklore groups, a half hour of music and happiness that reaches its peak with the superb firework display at midnight and then everyone goes into the town square for music, singing and dancing until dawn. The next day the folk groups repeat their performance in the square, with satirical verses and ancient tarantellas that wish a Happy New Year to tourists and residents alike…

Celebrations go on until the 6th of January: with the enchanting procession of shepherds in the morning and the exhibition of folklore groups in the afternoon, the festival is finally brought to a close in the evening with the “descent of the star” …

The next important appointment is Shrove Tuesday with the Grand Carnival of Amalfi. Happy go lucky and without to much effort as the spirit of Carnival should be, a procession of people in fancy dress dance by, with the small carnival floats, hand decorated by the imagination of the young people of Amalfi….

After this revelry comes Lent, the period of preparation for Easter, the highest expression of Christianity and also of the traditions of Amalfi…

The celebrations open with the Stations of the Cross on Maunday Thursday, with a sad procession of white hooded figures “I battenti” who leaving from Atrani pass through the roads of the town, representing the Passion of Christ…