Thursday, December 24, 2010 was held in the Pietrabbondante 'ndocce, traditional of fire wood and broom in front of every home in the evening.
If Christmas is a central point of Christianity and, in Molise, it is still celebrated with a spectacular fiery rituals, we can say that our ethnicity is among the "heathen" of Italy. The Molise is the last, true worshipers of fire. Mithra, the son of the Sun and Sun himself, always holding a torch in his hand. His torch was light, his torch was heat. Only the torch of Mithra made men happy and free, lighted their minds, warmed their hearts, showing them the way to go. This is the outcome of an ancient mythical story related to Mithraism. Mithra was the hero of ancient gods equinoctial and solstice celebrations, even at what we now call Christmas. In fact, "the main festival of this God was that of his birth, which fell eight days before the Kalends of January." In the pantheon of Iran, was the God who controlled the cosmic order, whose cult was always considered in the context of astrology. As I said, were dedicated to Mithra cyclical important anniversaries: including that of the winter solstice (solis state, the rest of the sun). In December, after the sun had reached its minimum height in the northern hemisphere, we celebrated the Dies Natalis Solis Invicti (the birthday of the unconquered sun) which coincided with the moment when the star shining, after the peak decline, had just resumed its ascent Heavenly. This time "critical" is when you begin to actually perceive the eliorinascenza season. From Persia, after centuries, came Mithraism in ancient Rome, where he was also religious Militis. In imperial times, was widespread, then began to suffer competition from the Christianity. Until, eventually, the old pagan cult was entirely supplanted by the new religion. The sacred day of the rebirth of the God Sun had magical and propitiatory value, as represented both unconquered star light to contrast the darkness of long nights of winter and the heat that would warm the cold days cheimerine. Christianity was able to transfer itself to these religious practices, changing the "birth of the sun" with "the birth of Christ," and "sunlight" with the "divine light of the Son of God." Syncretism was accomplished slowly, until the night between 24 and 25 December, that the nox postsolstiziale which coincided with the occasion that was celebrated for centuries a genesis astral light, was also the night of the birth of our God In fact, the date the (alleged) Nativity of Christ is unknown, especially because, in reality, the event has never occurred. Even the Gospels with the signal precision, and even the evangelist Luke alludes to circumstances that indicate a period other than the winter. Only in the fourth century has strengthened its tradition of celebrating the birth of Jesus on December 25. This day is a conventional date, choice, as I said, because of seasonal and cyclical steps result of a syncretic process. Mithra was identified with the face cheerful, with the lux invincible. The symbolic element was chosen to identify such a deity was the only one who could represent realistically the sun: the fire [6] as it has, together, the two solar quality: light and heat. Here, then, that one of the material attributes of Mithra became - as told to the myth - the torch, and often, a torch was sufficient by itself to represent the God, even though you are almost always depicted in the act of killing a bull ( taurobolo). He "had a Phrygian cap on his head, holding the sacrificial knife in one hand and a torch in the other." The fire and the torches, then, were the very essence of the celebration of the feast of Sol Invictus. Not surprisingly, the coming of Mithra on earth, was once symbolized by the image two torches (arising from Stella invincible) facing the ground. According to classical mythology, Mithra had two 'captains', two gods daidophori (torchbearers), and named Cautes Cautopates. The ceremonies dedicated to the Sun God lighted torches were invariably (and monofiaccole polifiaccole), which were then in procession by priests dadofori. They can not escape the similarities between the procession and the Mithraic 'Ndocciata Agnonesi. So significant, the torches - which in local language are called 'ndocce (torch light, in fact, corrupt word in' NTorch, 'ndorcia, and finally' ndocce) - are the hallmark of cults Christmas Molise. In our region survives in the form almost pure and pristine, the appearance of the Mithraic rites solstice. In Molise, such parties remain - with the appropriate readings in a "contemporary" - the most archaic and primitive there is in today's ceremonial fiery Christmas. Agnone, Oratino (hereinafter referred to as fault and the fire, probably from Latin facula = small torch, torch) and other centers that retain similar rituals (Collecroce Acquaviva, Bagnoli Trigno, Belmonte del Sannio, Castelverrino, Filignano, Montefalcone Sannio, Pescopennataro, Pietrabbondante , Roccavivara, Poggio Sannita, Pietracupa, Sant'Angelo del Pesco) you leave, even today after thousands of years, the worship of fire. Baby Jesus has little or nothing. It is shown superimposed. When carrying out the rituals of popular Christmas Molise has never fully materialized syncretism which tends to erase the pagan Sun God accepts liability with New Sun Christian. ( source)
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