On the road of music, dances and the tabià of Penìa

<p>You can still imagine the sound of the accordion that accompanied the many pilgrims who came in May to Malga Peniola, to the small church dedicated to San Giovanni Nepomuceno, for its festival. They danced until late at night, with music filling the air with joy and tradition…</p>

<p>A walk that enters the heart of the mountain people's history, where the sacred celebrated the profane and vice versa, in a mixture of fatigue and hymn to fertility. Penìa is the name with which the people of Moena call the area: here the tabià, the ancient wooden haylofts, look like postcards. Malga Peniola is one of the few restaurants in town where you can enjoy the traditional fortaie and the very fragrant apple fritters. A precious place, chosen as the location for the last work of director Carlo Mazzacurati, "The Chair of Happiness". Next to Malga, the chapel of San Giovanni Nepomuceno still holds the echo of the accordions that on May 16th made pilgrims dance until late at night when they came here for the feast. The building was constructed between 1729 and 1732 by the Donei family of Moena as a thanks to the saint, protector of waters and floods, for surviving a severe flood. Inside, works by the painter-priest Martino Gabrielli are preserved.</p>