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20,000 people eat in the streets of Siena
As you undoubtedly know, the evening before the Palio, every contrada eats together in the streets or squares in the contrada. This is called the Cena della Prove Generale. It is the last evening before the Palio, the longest night, which some hope will never end. An evening of hope in which people sing songs, listen to the speech of the Captain and fantino,…
Yesterday afternoon, preparations were made in all the districts. Tables were set, food was prepared. We would like to give some figures of the number of participants per contrada. In Istrice, they welcomed about 2700 guests. In Montone, this was around 2000. In Chiocciola, too, they easily reached 1800 eaters, the same number at Oca. In Nicchio, this was 1700, in Lupa 1300. Selva, Civetta, Onda and Leocorno reached a figure of around 1000 people.
All together this is + 15000. Also in the non-participating neighborhoods people ate; in some like Bruco with +1000. All together this means that yesterday more than 20000 people were eating in the streets of Siena.