The tumbling cheese

Back punctual as every year, the tournament shooting at Ruzzola Cheese Pontelandolfo, a small town of Sannio in Benevento, where throughout the period of Carnival, up to Mardi Gras 5 March, young and old will "collide" in the streets of throwing wheels of cheese.

The Ruzzola has ancient origins and was probably brought to Pontelandolfo by the people of Ciociaria who settled there around 1300 to escape a violent plague. The game is still practiced by the citizens who are divided into two teams and compete for the victory by throwing large wheels of cheese along the way. The route runs through the center of Pontelandolfo and the player who manages to complete it with the least number of throws.

A legend associated with this game tells of a wealthy Baron, Owner of many cultivated farms and grazing lands and seals, that during Carnival he used to visit the cellars to hire matches tressette with anyone who came. One evening when it was already late and the tavern was by candlelight, Baron clung with his working, named Pasquale, playing tressette.

Pasquale was considered a champion, but the Baron even joking. Winnings were distributed equitably first one and the other side, and the randomness of the game was to increase the tenacity of the players and who was watching them. Then, Pasquale, He began to have more luck and the game lasted all night. At first light, Baron had lost two farms and a good pasture held at that time to alfalfa. The baron was a man of honor and lived up to the gambling debts, the farms and grazing were Pasquale.