Sant Agata of Catania, Sicily!

On this episode of You, Me and Sicily highlights from the Feast of Saint Agatha, Festa di Saint'Agata Feb 3-5 in Catania. This is one of the biggest religious festivals in the world and attracts almost 1 million people from around the world to the area. We take you to sunrise mass on February 4th and follow the statue around with all her devotees around parts of Catania. Also, we talk about the typical sweets eaten during this period.
Please hit the like and subscribe to this channel.
Support this channel by becoming a member here : / @youmeandsicily
*Help us keep producing videos like this by donating to our GoFundMe www.gofundme.com/f/t9s8gzw

[@YouMeandSicily]

*Help us keep producing videos like this by donating to our GoFundMe www.gofundme.com/f/t9s8gzw

[@chaehakim7650]

Agatha is my baptismal name so i would like to visit to Catania and see the festival some day :)

[@lindacardillo9921]

It's very educational to learn about other cultures.Im so glad you guys make these episodes available. Grazie.

[@sauvageaux]

❤

[@LORA0708]

잘 보았습니다~ salute💕💕

[@sauvageaux]

🎀

[@giamarie3245]

Thank you for making this video. My Grandmother was named after St. Agata and I never knew this.

[@YouMeandSicily]

Beautiful name!

[@rusbelt4797]

Feliz Fíesta de Santa Agueda de Catania! 🎉 05-Feb-2021 Greetings from the Philippines 🇵🇭 Please pray for me 😅

[@jamesingram7203]

Mi piace multo! Viva Santa Agata!!!

[@EszterVajda]

SI VIVA SANT AGATA!

[@pietro1961]

Great Job! Thank You!

[@salvolondon]

You made a great job and great pronunciation in Italian . Only thing is ,both minne and minnuzze is Sicilian for tette ( teats) ... Something that ends with uzzo/a/e/I in Sicilian is an affectionate version of the original word , nearly a smaller version ,so minnuzze is like saying teaties instead of teats ( minne )

[@EszterVajda]

Thank you that means a lot to me !!

[@salvolondon]

@@EszterVajda you’re welcome , I appreciated a lot this video , there aren’t many about the festivity of saint Agata in English . I sent it to some of my international friends .

[@karenmilitello9884]

Very interesting...thank you!

[@nunziociuridda]

very nice video :)

[@EszterVajda]

Thank you!

[@tonynapoli5549]

Thanks for sharing guys

[@YouMeandSicily]

Thank you Tony!

[@jen1963]

Thank you for these videos on Sicily, specifically! I’ve always wanted to go there. Are the Catholics there religious, meaning they attend weekly Mass, or are these traditions more cultural?

[@YouMeandSicily]

Thank you ! Sicilians are very serious about their religion and do attend weekly mass!

[@salvolondon]

Jen not really , just like everywhere else in the world some are religious some are not . Saint Agata festivity is very much like Christmas here , so not necessarily a religious thing , it’s nearly an event that reminds you that spring is nearly happening ... I’m from Catania and I’ve been raised atheist and like me many others . It’s a myth that Italians are that religious . These traditions are defiantly more cultural and I don’t know anyone who attend mass weekly. No even the most religious ones . It’s pretty rare and maybe in the older generation to attend weekly mass .

[@jen1963]

@@salvolondon Thank you for your response. It’s interesting to learn how religion and culture truly are from an inside perspective.

[@alfiobeccaria5640]

Santaituzza bedda iu ti voglio bene io sono di catania e lo vista da quanto sono piciridu