Garda Boat Blessing Tradition Revisited at Madonna Statue

Once, when Riva lived off the port traffic, the blessing of the boats was the moment to ask the Heavenly Father for a favor towards those who entrusted their future and fortune to the whims of Garda.

Yesterday, about ten boats, toys that their owners care for with jealous attention, gathered at the foot of the cliff beneath the Madonna statue for the blessing performed by the dean Don Giovanni.

The surface and acts of the ceremony

And they kept a respectful distance from the shoreline, battered by the rocks of the construction site.

It takes courage to be devout as well…