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People in this country celebrate the 'Snake Festival' by wrapping snakes on the people

People in this country celebrate the 'Snake Festival' by wrapping snakes on the people

You will also be afraid of snakes. After all, the snake is counted in the most poisonous reptiles in the world, it is impossible to avoid the human being by the poison. But do you know that there is a country where the 'Snake Festival' is celebrated and in this festival people play with poisonous snakes? Yes, that's the country - Italy.

 

Every year in the city of Kokulo in Italy, the 'Snake Festival' is celebrated with great fanfare every May, in which people gather in huge numbers and take out a procession.

It is said that 'Snake Festival' is celebrated in honor of a 'Benedictine Monk', named Saint Domenico, which used to be in the 11th and 12th centuries.

In fact, St. Domenico used to remove the venom of a snake. If someone cut a snake, then he would have claimed to keep his poison alive and keep alive. They saved the lives of thousands of people in this way. That is why the people there celebrate these grand festivals in their remembrance and respect and take out the procession.

This procession is runs from one and a half to two hours, there is a huge statue of 'St. Dominico', which is completely covered with live snakes. The number of these snakes is more than 100.

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