by Sara Del Sal
If you live in Trieste, or anywhere in Friuli Venezia Giulia, you know that the weekend usually means nature, family, wine and friends. If you strongly believe in this mantra as we do, you cannot miss the Fieste da Viarte, a local festival happening in Cormòns on Sunday 21st of May.
Hoping for the best of the weather forecasts, you will be able to enjoy a day in the middle of Collio hills, surrounded by vineyards and quality wines. Taking that last bit of information, you will be happy to know that Cormòns is easily reachable by train from Trieste. The trip lasts less than an hour and there are trains more or less every hour.
Once you get there, you cannot get lost as the festival takes place along a designated path called Cret Paradis, starting from Via Dante and continuing up to the hill of Monte Quarin. People coming from all directions will converge and walk together towards the hill.
Fieste da Viarte (literally ‘festival of opening’) celebrates the arrival of spring and the blossoming of plants and flowers. But ‘viarte’ in Friulano language, also refers to the very typical characteristic of the festival: private owners opening their gates and offering traditional wine and finger food to the people that are walking up the hill.
Existing for more than ten years, the festival is put together by the cultural organization Amis Da Mont Quarine which operates thanks to public and private individuals that contribute in various ways. The main point of the festival is the hill Quarin, symbolizing the center of the Cormonese life, in a perfect balance between man and nature.
After a pause of two years due to the pandemic, Fieste da Viarte is finally back and ready to show Collio’s reality under a refreshed light. Along the path you will come across several farmer’s markets, associations and private producers that are hoping to promote their products and spread awareness.
As their motto says:
zujâ, bevi, balâ, mangjâ e riciclâ..
..play, drink, dance, eat and recycle!
