'It's like Xmas, only it's been three years!' Fruit fighters rejoice as Battle of Oranges returns

Описание: Italians in the northern city of Ivrea marked carnival season on Sunday with the annual 'Battle of the Oranges' where revellers take aim at each other in a time-honored fruit-throwing skirmish

This year marks the return of the battle after its cancellation three years in a row due to COVID-19

According to a legend dating to the 12th century, Violetta, the daughter of a local miller was bound by feudal laws to spend her wedding night with the town's evil lord

In order to save her honor for her betrothed she beheaded the nobleman and set Ivrea free from his tyranny

The orange-throwing battle recalls Violetta's insurrection against the tyrant with the oranges symbolizing the tyrant's head

In the 1930s, local girls started to throw oranges along with flowers and confetti onto the carnival parade carriages, so boys would notice them

With time, it became first a duel and then a real food fight, also known as 'aranceri'

The event gained world fame
after WWII and developed into
the symbol of the Ivrea Carnival

Editor: Aiyue
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