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Every year on the first Thursday in May the small village of Cocullo in Italy sees thousands of visitors. They are all arriving to see the ... Snake Festival. The festival is held on Saint Dominic’s Day. St Dominic lived in the town in the 11th century. At that time there were many snakes in the village and many people died of ... . Saint Domenic got rid of the snakes and the people of Cocullo ... this festival every year to ... him. For some weeks before the festival, people ... snakes and then, on St Dominic’s Day, they ... all the snakes on a statue of St Dominic. At midday they ... the statue and the snakes in a procession through the village. At the front of the procession is a ... playing music and at the back are ... in costume who ... sweets and bread shaped like snakes to the people who are watching. At the end of the procession there are ... .