Bastia (Upper Corsica)
"In the eyes of some people, we look like crazy when we do things for the community."
Raphaël Quilici, at the origin of the revival of a brotherhood in his village of Speloncato in Balagne, illustrates with his words the Corsican paradox.
That of an island rediscovering its traditions despite the clutches of globalization.
Like thousands of people in the region, the 40-year-old meets almost every week with his friends to bring an intangible heritage back to life.
Dressed in a white alb and a red "mantelletta", the traditional coat of the brotherhoods of penitents, the latter carry within them the symbol of a rebirth.
That of these lay communities formed in the Middle Ages.
Abolished during the Revolution, reauthorized under the Empire, the brotherhoods of Corsica wanted to embody the spirit of Saint Francis of Assisi, whose ideal was the imitation of Christ.
Almost disappeared in the last century, these entities are experiencing a spectacular…
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