Krampus arrives in Arabba

KRAMPUS parade!

#SavetheDate: Saturday, December 7, 2024 at 18:00 parade start in the center of Arabba

Parade starts at 18:00 hours in the direction of the central parking lot of Arabba (under the Church)

Groups:
- Anpezo Teufl
- Haydental Krampus
- Krampus from Soraga
- Krampus from Fodom

The St. Nicholas Association will be present with hot drinks.

On the night of December 5, as per tradition St. Nicholas arrives and visits all the children with gifts, traditionally he is accompanied by the little angels, who help him, but with him are also the devils if the children have not been so good. When St. Nicholas leaves on his return journey, these creatures roam free and are more mischievous, so care must be taken. Krampus are wild and ferocious figures, they are half-man and half-goat, with their faces usually covered with scary masks, they wear large furs and threadbare clothes. They are very noisy with their cowbells and shouts.

The origin of the name Krampus has several meanings: from the German Kramp: claw, or from the Bavarian Krampn: dead. In South Tyrol they are also called Teufel: devil.
There is a tendency to associate this custom with Celtic pagan rites, with the struggle between good and evil depicted in the Christian religion by St Nicholas and the Krampus, some say instead that it is linked to the winter solstice.