Alpe Cimbra is the new Narnia
At the time of year when green gives way to fiery colours, the Dragon and the Deer experience new adventures. Both statues, created by the genius of the artist Marco Martalar, tell a story of rebirth and hope, as they were built from trees knocked down during the Vaia Storm in 2018.
The Dragon, indeed, is a story within a story. Reduced to ashes in the summer of 2023 by malicious hands that burnt it to ashes, it was reborn to new life and became the Vaia Regeneration Dragon.
The Return of the Witch Brava Part
La Brava Part, la Brava Part! The children who once happily frolicked in the meadows and streams of the Alpe Cimbra feared this mysterious figure, and the mere mention of her name set them running straight home. But who was the Brava Part? According to legend, a witch lived in a hidden cave in the forest, in the Valle del Rio Cavallo valley. At dusk, her shrill, piercing song made the unwary who dared to venture along the riverbank run for their lives.
Today the witch is no longer scary, not even to children! On the contrary, the Brava Part has been an honoured witness of the Alpe Cimbra, its culture and traditions for more than 30 years, so much so that every year she is the protagonist of a great festival in Folgaria, the Grande Sfilata della Brava Part (Great Parade of the Brava Part), which this year falls on 28 and 29 September. The witch enters the village to open the parade of floats, historical costumes, animals, bands and choirs from all over Trentino. A festival to make Folgaria’s historical memory known, even to those who come from afar.
