Editing Umbria (section)

== Festivals ==
[[File:Gubbio Corsa Ceri.jpg|thumb|In [[Gubbio]] each year takes place the ''Corsa dei Ceri'', or race of the "candles", which are symbolized by these tall wooden poles]]
One of the most important festivals in Umbria is "the festival of the Ceri (Candles)", also known as [[Saint Ubaldo Day]] in [[Gubbio]]. The race has been held every year since 1160, on the 15th day of May. The festival is focused around a race consisting of three teams of ''cerioli'', carrying large symbolic "candles" topped by saints, including St. [[Ubald]] (the patron saint of Gubbio), S. Giorgio ([[St. George]]), and S. Antonio ([[Anthony the Great]]), and run through throngs of cheering supporters.  The cerioli are clad in the distinctive colors of yellow, blue or black, according to the saint they support, with white trousers and red belts and neckbands. They travel up much of the mountain from the main square in front of the ''Palazzo dei Consoli'' to the basilica of St. Ubaldo, each team carrying a statue of their saint mounted on a wooden octagonal prism, similar to an hour-glass shape 4 metres tall and weighing about 280&nbsp;kg (617&nbsp;lb).

The race has strong devotional, civic, and historical overtones and is one of the best-known folklore manifestations in Italy, and therefore the Ceri were chosen as the heraldic emblem on the coat of arms of Umbria as a modern administrative region.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}

Umbria is not only known for its historical recollections such as the festival of the Ceri, ''Calendimaggio'' in Assisi and the ''[[giostra della Quintana]]'' in Foligno, but also for one of the biggest jazz music festivals called ''Umbria Jazz''. ''Umbria Jazz'' was born as a festival in 1973 and since 2003 has been held in July in the Umbrian capital Perugia; it has become the fixed appointment of all jazz and good music lovers. Another important festival is the ''[[Festival dei Due Mondi]]'' (Festival of the Two Worlds), an annual summer music and opera festival which is held each June to early July in [[Spoleto]].{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}