The Inverdurata of Pachino - A trip into the colours of the lawfulness of Sicily

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What dedication and effort, how much attention and the warmth of the sun it takes to produce tasty vegetables in Sicily, are well aware of farmers who work this land full of history. The bright colors of eggplant, zucchini, peppers and cherry tomatoes from Pachino famous recall those of the most beautiful mosaics in Sicily, Piazza Armerina in Monreale and in turn represent the creative soul of the Sicilians. Through art that people can express their desire to even the legality, sublime and difficult goal to achieve, but in Pachino, an ancient city about fifty miles from Syracuse, returns every year through topical Inverdurata, a manifestation of all colors and tasty, and valuable content. This is an open competition and exhibition of artistic made using only fruit and vegetables last year, during our trip, the event was dedicated to a theme deeply felt by the Sicilians: emigration and immigration, while this year, from 8 to May 10, mosaics pay homage to 250 th anniversary of the founding of Pachino, with works devoted to the theme "Sea, earth and cherry, along with the famous wine making Pachino irresistible."

A Pachino, the birthplace of the great writer Vitaliano Brancati, tourists come for many reasons, including that of the typical cherry tomato taste IGP, excellence of local agriculture, but also to admire the Arab village called Marzamemi, the ancient walls that have inspired several filmmakers, including the Taviani brothers, but who chose Gabriele Salvatores Pachino for the set of the South, the 1993 film, and Giuseppe Tornatore, who set The man in the city of stars, the 1995 film that won three David di Donatello. There are also many tourists who go to sports Pachino, in fact the banks of the area are considered by many a paradise for surfers.

We have not braved the wind and waves, we preferred to enjoy the spectacle of the original mosaics covering large Via Roma, one of the most beautiful and striking the other. The face of a man, half black and half Sicilian, to represent the soul of a people emigrating and therefore hospitable to immigrants, a white dove under a sun made of Sicilian oranges and lemons to symbolize that a world legal and peace is possible if you work to build it.

The event, which today is one of the major attractions in the area, was founded in 2004 on the initiative of Pachino Anticrimine APAC business with the objective to reach out to as many people as possible the message of the law, in all its aspects . It is no coincidence that Inverdurata be held in the month of May: Giovanni Falcone and is to remember the victims of the massacre of Capaci. Over the years the event was devoted to themes of the mosaics as hard as the racket, weight development, or corruption, as well as having enhanced the south of Sicily through issues related to the beauty of the area, an idea that has enthused even artists from the nearby town of Noto , Avola and Rosolini.

The trip to Pachino to admire the mosaics made with fruit and vegetables is a unique, fun and full of life, and is also an occasion to reflect on the issues most important socetà today. Admiring the colorful mosaics of Inverdurata, you can appreciate the creativity and love for beauty that are the source of the determination to fight crime and win the very legality.