Yesterday we showed you images of the annual Festa de Noantri and the procession of the Madonna Fiumarola. Today we bring you one more image, showing the Madonna and one of her biggest fans.
We haven’t identified the guy in the Peace flag, but we see him around. A few years ago he staged a protest (same outfit) on the Campidoglio, stepping inside the chain and ballards that surround the faux image of Marcus Aurelius in the piazza. Members of the eCool team happened to be there for the event, and though his cause never became entirely clear during the encounter he provoked with the police, we can only guess that his rainbow peace cape provides a clue as to his thinking.
Needless to say, we were thrilled to see him bringing the peace cause to Trastevere’s most important religious event.
For more images from the Madonna Fiumarola procession, visit Susan Sander’s Rome With A View photo blog.
