Supposed date of the next festival: Mon Nov 12, 2012 
Unconfirmed Dates
Unconfirmed Dates
The
spurned lovers of this world have their very own festival in the little
town of Rocca Canterano near Rome in Italy. Traditionally,the cuckold
whose lover has cheated wears horns as a mark of shame, but there's
nothing lovelorn or sad about this festival. In fact, there's such a lot
of Latin passion in the air that there's every chance an unhappy
cuckold will find a new "amore" despite the costumed participants
parading through the town telling cautionary tales of love's betrayal.
The Festival of Horns is certainly a festival for the more pathetic
members of the human population; I did try to say it in a nicer way, but
it turns out there isn’t a nicer way to say it. This is the festival
for life’s losers as it celebrates anyone who has been cheated on in a
relationship. It takes place in November in the town of Roca Canterano
near Rome, Italy. The Cornutos march through the streets wearing a
helmet with horns, sometimes crying and smashing up CDs or other objects
that symbolize their failed relationships.
The horns are a metaphor for someone that has been cheated on, the
term is thought to date from as far back as the Roman Empire when
victorious soldiers were given horns as a prize upon their return from
battle, often they would find out that their wife’s been cheating on
them during their absence.
These people tell their sorry stories of woe, passing them through
the streets where lots of fresh connections are made — possibly securing
their visit to the following year festival. It must be a love-rats
paradise, lots of gullible and vulnerable people to prey on who actually
advertise the fact that they are vulnerable and gullible. It has never
been so easy.If it happened to me personally I’d just forget about it and move on but these people clearly haven’t heard the expression “Get over it”.
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