In Sicily the Day of the Dead consists of an occasion to remember one’s dearest and to feel them close once again through a tradition transforming the sadness for loss and the fear of death into a celebration As the writer Andrea Camilleri wrote in his tale The Day The Dead Lost Their Way...

Each year on November the 2nd a special occasion is celebrated in Sicily, a mix of materiality and spirituality involving the entire population in a unique way. Between characteristic themes, hidden elements and a short story by the writer Giovanni Verga, the true meaning of this event is more complex than it may seem...