English: the Festa della Bruna is a centuries-old popular festival that takes place in Matera on July 2nd. the party starts in Alba on 2 July (from 5 in the morning) with the "procession of the shepherds" (this procession was made by the shepherds who could not attend the party). when the procession of the shepherds is over at 10 the ride begins (more than 100 knights, dressed up, escorting the Madonna from the cathedral to the “church of Piccianello, a church located on the outskirts of Matera). finally in the afternoon there is the final procession where the Madonna is placed on the cart, and from the church of Piccianello it returns to the cathedral, where it will make 3 laps and finally it will be destroyed by the population in the central square. the destruction consists in the crushing of the papier-mâché artefact into a thousand pieces