Sicily is an island full of rich traditions and strong cultural elements. I’ve been coming here for some years now and I keep on finding myself in cultural happenings and interesting social situations.
At the start of the Good Friday procession in the San Pietro Church in Randazzo, Sicily.
The day after the Good Friday procession a man prepares himself for the next procession in a back room at the San Nicolò Church in Randazzo, Sicily.
The American Sonya Quarterman talks about her plans for building work in one of her three 1 euro houses in Mussomeli, Sicily.
Friends wishing the groom and groom a happy marriage. Chiaramonte, Sicily.
A rare occasion that outsiders were welcome at the Convent delle Nacelle di Maria Addolorata. Randazzo, Sicily.
A mothers in high heels hands out water to her daughter during a break of one of the many processions during Easter. Randazzo, Sicily.
A mother breastfeeds her baby surrounded by friends during a gay wedding in Chiaramonte, Sicily.
A man looks through a window into a shop in Marina di Modica, Sicily.
A man stands in the sea whilst its raining. Isola Bella, Sicily.
A man looks out of a barbershop window in Randazzo, Sicily.
A girl dancing on the streets of Randazzo, Sicily.
A horse between the olive trees in Montalaguardia, Sicily.
A chair on a balcony in a apartment, Gioiosa Marea, Sicily.
A mother with her children fold a blanket on the beach near Gioiosa Marea, Sicily.
Cows drink the little water available in the never completed dam of Blufi. In the heart lands of Sicily there is a constant water shortage due to bad maintenance and mismanagement, money somehow always seems to leak away.
Participants of the Good Friday procession in Randazzo, Sicily.
A priest busy organising the processions in Randazzo, Sicily.
Guests at a gay wedding in Chiaramonte, Sicily.
Parents of one of the two grooms take a little rest before the ceremony, Chiaramonte, Sicily.
Parents of Sabina Molinari in their kitchen on their farm. Life is not easy on the small farm of thirteen cows, one calf and a donkey.
A man looks at the statue of Jesus carried on the shoulders of the men of the church. Randazzo, Sicily.
Family BBQ at the country house in Savina, Montelaguardia, Sicily.
Virgin Maria procession in Randazzo, Sicily.
Participants of the Good Friday procession in Randazzo, Sicily.
Mussumeli has sold many houses for one euro and is attracting a lot of foreigners.
A man resting at a crossing in Randazzo, Sicily.
Public look at the Vara during the celebration of the assumption of Maria. The Vara is a towering, multi-layered triumphal chariot, staffed by children portraying angels, saints and the Virgin Mary. Randazzo, Sicily.
Parents wait for the return of their children from the Vara. The Vara is a towering, multi-layered triumphal chariot, staffed by children portraying angels, saints and the Virgin Mary. Randazzo, Sicily.