{"id":92832,"date":"2025-09-24T11:56:36","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T10:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/?p=92832"},"modified":"2025-10-13T13:43:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T12:43:52","slug":"coccetto-easter-game-modena-apennines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/en\/coccetto-easter-game-modena-apennines\/","title":{"rendered":"Coccetto, the Easter Game of the Modena Apennines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you happen to be in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/emiliaromagnaturismo.it\/en\/towns\/fanano\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fanano<\/a><\/strong> on Easter Monday and you hear people shouting \u2018Fila di Culi\u2019 (line of bottoms), \u2018Fila Di Punte\u2019 (line of toes) and \u2018Fila di Pance\u2019 (line of tummies), don&#8217;t take it badly. You are in the middle of a <strong>battle with hard-boiled eggs<\/strong>, known as \u2018<em>Coccetto<\/em>\u2019, the traditional game of Fanano.<\/p>\n<p>Where does it come from? It&#8217;s one of those things that a grandfather tells his grandson, then the grandson becomes a grandfather himself and tells his grandson, and so on. For hundreds of years.<br \/>\nAnd just like in Fanano, which here on Mount Cimone is the capital of Coccetto, the tradition of egg battles is also very popular in other municipalities of our Apennines: even with different names, but always linked to the terminology of \u201c<em>cocciare<\/em>&#8221; (to clash).<\/p>\n<ul class=\"product-slick\"><li><a data-caption=\"Fanano (MO), coccetto \u2013 uovo colorato, ph. 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Eugenio Soliani, Archivio Hotel Tirolo<\/p> <\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n    <div class=\"row\">\n        <div class=\"col-12 p-0 mb-2 mb-sm-0\">\n            <ul class=\"slider-nav\">\n                <li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Fanano-MO-coccetto-uovo-colorato-ph.-Eugenio-Soliani-CC_BY_NC_SA-3.0-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Fanano (MO), coccetto \u2013 uovo colorato, ph. Eugenio Soliani, Archivio Hotel Tirolo\" class=\"img-fluid blur-up lazyload p-2\"><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Fanano-MO-coccetto-cestino-uova-ph.-Eugenio-Soliani-Archivio-Hotel-Tirolo-CC_BY_NC_SA-3.0-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Fanano (MO), coccetto \u2013 cestino uova, ph. Eugenio Soliani, Archivio Hotel Tirolo\" class=\"img-fluid blur-up lazyload p-2\"><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Fanano-MO-uova-coccetto-ph.-Eugenio-Soliani-Archivio-Hotel-Tirolo-CC_BY_NC_SA-3.0-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Fanano (MO), coccetto, ph. Eugenio Soliani, Archivio Hotel Tirolo\" class=\"img-fluid blur-up lazyload p-2\"><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Fanano-MO-coccetto-ph.-Eugenio-Soliani-CC_BY_NC_SA-Archivio-Hotel-Tirolo-3.0-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Fanano (MO), coccetto, ph. Eugenio Soliani, Archivio Hotel Tirolo\" class=\"img-fluid blur-up lazyload p-2\"><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Fanano-MO-coccetto-uova-in-fila-ph.-Eugenio-Soliani-Archivio-Hotel-Tirolo-CC_BY_NC_SA-3.0-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Fanano (MO), coccetto \u2013 uova in fila, ph. Eugenio Soliani, Archivio Hotel Tirolo\" class=\"img-fluid blur-up lazyload p-2\"><\/li><li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Fanano-MO-coccetto-ph.-Eugenio-Soliani-Archivio-Hotel-Tirolo-CC_BY_NC_SA-3.0-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Fanano (MO), coccetto, ph. Eugenio Soliani, Archivio Hotel Tirolo\" class=\"img-fluid blur-up lazyload p-2\"><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<p>Before the battle, there is a long preparation period. On Easter Saturday or Sunday, families prepare hard-boiled eggs and decorate them, mainly using <strong>natural dyes<\/strong> to give the Coccetto that extra touch of colour. For example, to turn the eggs a beautiful ruby red colour, we simply boil them in water with onion skins.<\/p>\n<p>I have many memories from my childhood.<br \/>\nAs the son of a woman from Fanano who moved to <a href=\"https:\/\/emiliaromagnaturismo.it\/en\/towns\/modena\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Modena<\/a> when I was a child, I did not know all my peers at the age of 6-7, obviously, as I did not attend primary school in Fanano. The Coccetto was therefore a way to meet others, get to know them, study them, perhaps arrange to meet in the afternoon for a football match and start lasting friendships.<\/p>\n<p>The game traditionally takes place in<strong> Piazza Corsini, Fanano.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_46775\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46775\" style=\"width: 2000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-46775\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Fanano-MO-il-gioco-del-coccetto-ph.-Eugenio-Soliani-Archivio-Hotel-Tirolo-CC_BY_NC_SA-3.0.jpg\" alt=\"Fanano (MO), il gioco del coccetto, ph. Eugenio Soliani, Archivio Hotel Tirolo\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Fanano-MO-il-gioco-del-coccetto-ph.-Eugenio-Soliani-Archivio-Hotel-Tirolo-CC_BY_NC_SA-3.0.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Fanano-MO-il-gioco-del-coccetto-ph.-Eugenio-Soliani-Archivio-Hotel-Tirolo-CC_BY_NC_SA-3.0-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Fanano-MO-il-gioco-del-coccetto-ph.-Eugenio-Soliani-Archivio-Hotel-Tirolo-CC_BY_NC_SA-3.0-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Fanano-MO-il-gioco-del-coccetto-ph.-Eugenio-Soliani-Archivio-Hotel-Tirolo-CC_BY_NC_SA-3.0-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Fanano-MO-il-gioco-del-coccetto-ph.-Eugenio-Soliani-Archivio-Hotel-Tirolo-CC_BY_NC_SA-3.0-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-46775\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fanano (MO), the Coccetto Game | Ph. Eugenio Soliani, Archivio Hotel Tirolo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There are two methods of challenge: either head to head or in a row.<\/p>\n<h4><em>Head to head<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>The game begins with a clash between the \u201c tips\u201d, i.e. the thinnest parts of the egg. The winner takes home the egg, or can continue the challenge between the \u201c bottoms\u201d, the thickest ends of the egg, or with the \u201c belly\u201d, i.e. the parts of the egg between the two ends.<\/p>\n<h4><em>Row<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>The row is a long wooden board with symmetrical holes for the eggs. At both ends, two volunteers hold the row in full view of all the players.<br \/>\nThe participants place the eggs in the row with the points facing upwards, and the<em><strong> Grand Master of Coccetto<\/strong><\/em>, Riccardo Pellati, with his friend Maurizio Foli, begin to entertain the crowd by drawing lots to decide who will be the first challenger of the \u201crow of eggs\u201d.<br \/>\nThe numbers are drawn and the challengers count to decide who will be the first to play. From there, the selected Coccettante will challenge the first egg in the row to a \u201ctip against tip\u201d and if he wins, he will take the egg home. Then, after his turn, it will be the turn of his neighbour in a clockwise direction and so on. Once the \u201ctips\u201d round is over, the \u201cbottoms\u201d and \u201cbellies\u201d round begins.<\/p>\n<p>Us children of the 80s and teenagers of the 90s would <strong>stand to one side of the square<\/strong>, partly because playing against \u201cthe older ones\u201d filled us with a kind of reverential awe, perhaps even a little fear.<br \/>\nYet, with a few friends your own age you could even cheat and not give them a lost egg, but one you had patiently worked on, perhaps leaving them another less \u201cprecious\u201d one. And vice versa.<br \/>\nIf we tried to do that with an adult, we would have been given a good telling-off, because when it comes to competition,<strong> we all become children again<\/strong>, even if we are 60 years old!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The Coccetto is such an institution that <strong>in 2015, an American journalist from New York<\/strong>, food blogger around the world and contributor to the New York Times, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.francinesegan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Francine Segan<\/a>, came here to Fanano and it was me, the half-Fananese child, who acted as her guide: she was dazzled and even managed to win a couple of eggs.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to her, Fanano had its moment of fame in one of the most important newspapers in the world.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_65859\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65859\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/coccetto-gioco-pasquale-appennino\/fanano-mo-coccetto-ph-hotel-tirolo-cc_by_nc_sa-3-0\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-65859\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-65859 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Fanano-MO-coccetto-ph.-Hotel-Tirolo-CC_BY_NC_SA-3.0.jpg\" alt=\"Fanano (MO), coccetto, ph. Hotel Tirolo, CC_BY_NC_SA, 3.0\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65859\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fanano (MO), the Coccetto | Ph. Hotel Tirolo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you happen to be in Fanano on Easter Monday and you hear people shouting \u2018Fila di Culi\u2019 (line of bottoms), \u2018Fila Di Punte\u2019 (line of toes) and \u2018Fila di Pance\u2019 (line of tummies), don&#8217;t take it badly. You are in the middle of a battle with hard-boiled eggs, known as \u2018Coccetto\u2019, the traditional game [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":281,"featured_media":46778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[802],"tags":[536,492],"durata":[],"target":[],"class_list":["post-92832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events-art-culture","tag-easter","tag-traditions"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Coccetto, the Easter Game of the Modena Apennines | Travel Emilia Romagna<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Coccetto is a battle with hard-boiled eggs, traditionally played at Easter in Fanano, in the Modena Apennines.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, 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