Editing Trapani (section)

==Folklore==
[[File:Trapani Misteri.jpg|thumb|right| More details Easter procession, The Misteri]]

The city is renowned for its Easter related [[Holy Week]] activities and traditions, culminating between [[Good Friday]] and [[Holy Saturday]] in the [[Processione dei Misteri di Trapani]], colloquially simply the ''Misteri di Trapani'' (in English the Procession of the Mysteries of Trapani or the Mysteries of Trapani), a day-long passion procession organized and sponsored by the city's guilds, featuring twenty floats of wood, canvas and glue sculptures, mostly from the 17th and 18th centuries, of individual scenes of the events of the Passion.

The ''Misteri'' are among the oldest continuously running religious events in Europe, having been played every Good Friday since before the Easter of 1612. Running for at least 16 continuous hours, but occasionally well beyond the 24 hours, they are the longest religious festival in Sicily and in Italy. Important also to the cult of the [[Madonna of Trapani]].

The city gives its name to a variety of [[pesto]] – ''[[pesto alla trapanese]]'' – made using [[almond]]s instead of the traditional [[pine nut]]s in Ligurian pesto.