Mayor Bari denounces, 'no to clan ritual'

(ANSA) - BARI, FEB 1 - After the complaint presented yesterday by the mayor of Bari, Antonio Decaro, intent on interrupting the "party that every February 2 a family close to one of the city's mafia members puts on stage in honor of the founder", is in disassembly of the lights in via Nicolai, where the rite is repeated every year. The area, as far as it is known, is manned by the police. And while the lights are dismantled a lady screams "be ashamed". Yesterday the mayor in a post on Facebook wrote that for this "celebration" in via Nicolai, "they organize a parade with the installation of lights, the passage of a band, the fireworks". One of the members of the family who would organize the party, published on Facebook a post in which he defends the 'tradition', explaining that "February 2 is the day of the candelora (liturgical feast) therefore every devout family celebrates it in the way they believe ..." .