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The “Palio dei Berberi" it finds its origins in the ancient Berber customs of the settlers who stopped in the eighth century AD. in the then Kalab-shibet today Calascibetta. The horses jumped in the race, mounted strictly "bareback", bareback, according to the ancient Arab tradition.
Every year in Calascibetta the first Sunday of September there is the ancient "Palio of the Berbers". Its origins are certainly to be found in the ancient Berber customs of the colonists who stopped in the eighth century AD.. nell 'allora Kalab-shibet, then this event, They can experience the ancient religious commingling of Calascibetta, where Christians, Arabs and Jews have lived and cohabited. The horses jumped in the race, mounted strictly "bareback", bareback, according to the ancient Arab tradition. The Berbers stopped in these places to later conquer the impregnable stronghold of Enna in the hands of the Byzantines at that time; they loved the festivals and the Palio, and their beautiful horses threw themselves in the running through forests and rivers. The actual race takes place in the open space called its "the court in chambers", where you can relive this event to coincide with the feast of Our Lady of Good Rest.