We arrived in Verona, Italy to see Leonard Cohen on at the Arena, on September 24 2012. On that weekend was a festival that we didn't know about but had utterly filled Verona with visitors and the reason for all these visitors was a new word to me, Tocati.
It seems this is an event that is held every 2 years, over the past ten years, and is about a three day festival of street games. No batteries allowed, no computer games this is all old school.
Here's what the website described care of Google Translate:
Today, Sunday 23 September, the tenth edition of Tocati, International Festival of street games, organised by Associazione Giochi Antichi in collaboration with the Municipality of Verona, came to its end.
About 300.000 people took part in the more than 40 traditional games that with life filled the city streets and squares (about 220 square meters), for the occasion free from parked cars and traffic.
An atmosphere of harmony characterized and transformed the city into an open-air laboratory with a very high quality of life from the point of view of sustainability.
In this tenth edition, together with the many Italian games, there were the games from the European Countries that helped the Festival reach its success in editions to them dedicated in the past:: Spain (2006), Croatia (2007), Scotland (2008), Greece (2009), Switzerland (2010).
300,000 visitors.
Family event.
Full participation games.
Old school games.
This could be a very good model to use to create an event here in Australia.
It seems this is an event that is held every 2 years, over the past ten years, and is about a three day festival of street games. No batteries allowed, no computer games this is all old school.
Here's what the website described care of Google Translate:
Today, Sunday 23 September, the tenth edition of Tocati, International Festival of street games, organised by Associazione Giochi Antichi in collaboration with the Municipality of Verona, came to its end.
About 300.000 people took part in the more than 40 traditional games that with life filled the city streets and squares (about 220 square meters), for the occasion free from parked cars and traffic.
An atmosphere of harmony characterized and transformed the city into an open-air laboratory with a very high quality of life from the point of view of sustainability.
In this tenth edition, together with the many Italian games, there were the games from the European Countries that helped the Festival reach its success in editions to them dedicated in the past:: Spain (2006), Croatia (2007), Scotland (2008), Greece (2009), Switzerland (2010).
300,000 visitors.
Family event.
Full participation games.
Old school games.
This could be a very good model to use to create an event here in Australia.
