A day out being draped in snakes isn't everybody's idea of a good time. But in one tiny town in central Italy serpents are treated as VIPs and given pride of place in the May Day celebrations, as ...
COCULLO: Snakes are the highlight of an ancient religious procession held every May 1 that attracts thousands of visitors to a mountainous village in central Italy. Every year, villagers wrap a statue ...
ROME, April 24 (Reuters) - An Italian snake festival that attracts thousands of tourists will not be held this year for the first time in 300 years because of the deadly earthquake this month that ...