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As every year, Montelago ends on Lughnasa (Lammas). The day has been filled with events, the Rugby tournements, the battles, the donkey rides and celtic weddings. In the evening the conference with Jonathan Symmonds, the animator for the 3D dragons of Games of Thrones series has gathered hundreds of people in the Montelago Square. But as the sun is about to set a big crowd starts gathering in historical camp for the kindling of the Sacred Fire to celebrate the long Lughnasa night, a night of music, fun, dance and spirit, either the flowing one and the one which makes your heart flutter, when you think that already another festival has gone by and the year is more than half way flown. When at 6  of sunday morning the music stops, Montelago people knows that the dream has come to its end again for another year. Montelago might be a smaller festival as for the size, but with the biggest heart. A true glimpse in the Middle Earth, where people is different but the same aim. Where we ma...

The second day in the Middle Earth has flown away. A wind whirl of interesting activities, emotions, feelings. In the afternoon a short rain has cooled down the heat letting the montelago people enjoy their day even more. The festival during the day is a lot of fun, people basically living their everyday life all together, from showers to food shopping, from cooking to resting, all of this interwined with the daily activities offered. But it is during the night that Montelago really wakes up. The first show held on the main stage has seen the amazing Mortimer McGrave warm up the spirits. Flashing lights through the night, the unmissable ‘VALERIO’ scream (trademark of the festival, if you want ask more !) to keep us company until the Circle of Fire. The Circle of Fire is a gathering of fire jugglers, fire breather\eater which keep showing year after year that playing with fire ain’t always dangerous. The show has been amazing. In the cold, humid dark air of the plain, smoke and flames ...

Yesterday the magic kingdom of Middle Earth opened its gates to their people. Montelago Celtic Festival started its XVI edition between horns blowing, kilts twirling and fire sparkling. Montelago people gathered in the plain since wednesday, too eager to be there to wait one more night. Old faces and new comers, long time friends and new acquaintances, everybody is welcome, everybody is included.  Soon after 18:00 the first celtic wedding is held in the tent near the great Harp of Rebirth (Arpa della rinascita) but it's only at 21:00 that the music festival officially starts from the stage of the Mortimer Pub. And the first epic night takes off for the joy of its people. MONTELAGO HERE WE ARE !! People of Montelago Celtic wedding ceremony   Ideators of the Harp of Rebirth (Arpa della rinascita)