TUCCI1969-007 - ethnographic attestation
Sant'Andrea Apostolo dello Ionio, Catanzaro
Calabria - Catanzaro Ionian coast - Southern Europe (NE Italy)
Sacred / spirit
At Sant'Andrea Apostolo dello Ionio, on the Calabrian coast, the bullroarer served the church. From the Mass of Maundy Thursday to the Gloria of Holy Saturday the bells were bound, and in their silence the rombo called the faithful to the services, struck midday, and sounded the Ave — the whirled slat standing in, three days a year, as the town's bell.
I fedeli vengono invitati col rombo a recarsi in chiesa … col rombo si da pure il segnale del mezzogiorno e dell'Ave.
The faithful are summoned to church with the rombo … with the rombo the signal is also given for midday and for the Ave.
Dr. Nicodemo Giovinazzo, 25 Aug. 1954 (Tucci 1969, p. 377 n. 22)
- Object
- Light terminal-holed slats on one loose cord, used in numbers through the town during the Triduum.
- Function
- Para-liturgical bell substitute: from the Maundy Thursday Mass to the Holy Saturday Gloria, with the bells bound, the rombo called the faithful to church and sounded midday and the Ave.
- Map confidence
- medium - Sant'Andrea Apostolo dello Ionio old town.
- Source location
- Tucci 1969, p. 372 and p. 377 n. 22