ROME: The mayor of an Italian town famous for its bonfire celebrations on Good Friday was forced to apologise after locals turned up to pray with the priest in defiance of a coronavirus lockdown.
The southeastern town of San Marco in Lamis holds an annual ritual that sees huge trunks of hollowed out trees thrown onto wagons and set alight.
Advertisement Advertisement The event was cancelled this year because of the lockdown aimed at stemming an outbreak that has officially claimed the lives