Every year, on the evening of the 14th of August, a street full of people in Sassari awaits for the chandelier procession called ‘La Farradda’. The origin of this celebration is associated to the city demographic increase as well as the emerging of corporations from Pisa who used to vow to the Virgin Mary by lighting church-candles. In the 16th century the town was kneeled down by a terrible plague which killed several people. As the population called upon the Virgin Mary to be saved and was liberated by the disease, every year the city celebrates the Madonna in this long procession. The ‘gremi’, corporations of Spanish denomination, open the procession carrying big wood chandeliers. They are about three meters high and all hand made to replace the original church-candles which are impossible to find and extremely expensive. The procession is about three hours long, it starts from Rosario church to end to the Romanic church of Santa Maria of Betlem after crossing the historical centre of the city. The whole celebration is accompanied with melodious tunes of flutes and drums. It is also mandatory for the procession to stop in front of the town hall so that the people of Sassari can thank with a warm applause the administrators of their city for a well done job.