Fogheraccia

[1][4] The bonfires, which are accompanied by music and food stands,[5][4] are especially popular in Rimini,[2] where they extend the length of the city's coastal conurbation from Cattolica to Cesenatico.

[6][7] In Rimini, the bonfire is called fugaràza 'd San Jusèf in the Romagnol language;[2][5] the variant fugaràcia is found further south and fugaròina further north.

[6][7] According to a local superstition, on those six days, collectively known as the dé dla Canucéra, a mysterious and ominous influence could wreak havoc at an unknown and unpredictable hour, so that agricultural workers should abstain from work.

[7] In some inland settlements, the bonfires intersect with the segavecchia  [it], a mid-Lentern tradition in which an effigy of an old woman, who is stuffed with dried fruit, sugared almonds, or coins, is paraded, torn apart, and buried.

[10] In the countryside, the bonfires typically used stubble, pruned olive tree branches, and harvest waste, while in the coastal regions, the fires included wood washed ashore during the autumn and winter,[1][4] locally known as the almadìra.

[10] Once the fire was extinguished, heifers and adolescent girls walked over the bonfire's smoking embers to encourage them to breastfeed.