The origins of panevin are definitely old, born as ritual that involves fire and earth, it was then influenzat Panevin The tradition has its roots as far back as Celtic times (around V sec. AC) at the ancient people of the Venetians, and this fire was used to evoke the return the sun on earth, that the lengthening of days beginning from the winter solstice. The fire was used to celebrate this day with the Julian calendar coincided with Dec. 25.
In the Middle Ages, with the evangelization of the Venetian countryside, the Panevin lost its pagan origins by assuming a Christian connotation. The bonfire was moved to the Epiphany to commemorate the Magi who brought gifts to baby Jesus. According to legend, the fires were the Venetian countryside, helping them to find their way to Bethlehem being lost.
On their return, always tells the legend, seeing no light in the campaign, he lost again in the Po Valley are going to die in the Milanese (that would be witnessed by the presence in the Cathedral of Milan sarcophagus with the inscription "trium Magerum). On the night of Jan. 5 in the Middle Ages, as today, the occasion of the fire gave the people a moment of union and meeting with all the local community with a good glass of mulled wine (mulled wine) and a piece of pliers. One of the main traditions linked to Panevin is to observe in which direction is the smoke, according to this, farmers Treviso predicted if the year's harvest would be good or bad, and now the prediction is extended to personal events . This moment is called the "pronosteghi" and it works, roughly, as the popular saying goes as follows, although there are many others:
"falive in morning, tol el saco up and goes to flour" (ie if the path of the smoke and sparks is the north or east, take the bag and go to beg)
"if falive goes to the evening, so full of polenta caliera " (if the direction is west or south, the harvest will be good ... so the pan will be full of polenta)
" if the falive goes on garbin tol el expensive and go mulin " (if the direction is south-west of the abundance you have to go get the flour with the cart).
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