Gioco del Cacio al Fuso
Barrels Rolled last week – cheese rounds will roll this week!
Location: Pienza, Piazza Duomo, UNESCO world heritage and famous for its pecorino cheese.
Day: September 4th and 5th the cheese rolling competition. The cheese festival does however last from August 29th to the 5th. So stalls -vendors-music and flag throwers will be around for the whole time.
Timing: 4 p.m. first, the younger cheese rollers and then the experts will throw the cheese making it roll as close as possible to the wooden cane in the middle of the square.
Why: This peasant tradition was a passtime – a game that each family would play in their yards. The cheese is firm and smooth so rolling it in a certain angle to make it reach a specific point is NOT easy.
Who: Participants belong to the 6 neighborhoods.
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