
Italian festival of the snake-catchers revealed in colourful photos
A statue of the saint in Cucullo, Italy, is draped with harmless local snakes Piero Castellano Every year on 1 May, San Domenico di Sora gets some spectacularly bizarre accessories. During a religious procession in the Italian village of Cocullo, a statue of the saint is adorned with harmless snakes (above). The origins of this…