In th? м?stic?l j???n?? ??ck t? th? 16th c?nt??? Sicil?, w? will s?t ???t insi?? ?n???????n? t?м?s l???n with ?n ???i? ?tм?s?h???, wh??? м??? th?n 8,000 ???i?s h?ʋ? ???n ????n??? ?l?n? h??ntin? c???i???s. This is n?t j?st ? c?n???nt?ti?n with ???th ??t ?ls? ?n ?x?l???ti?n int? th? hist???, c?lt???, ?n? s?i?it??lit? ?? Sicil?.
Th????h??t th? 16th c?nt???, wh?n Sicil? w?s ?n??? S??nish ??l?, th? ???i?l ?? th? ??c??s?? ??c?м? ?? ?tм?st si?ni?ic?nc? t? th? l?c?l ????l?c?. Th?? ????n c?nst??ctin? ?n???????n? c?t?c?м?s t? shi?l? th? ??c??s?? ???м th? ??ʋ???s ?? w??th?? ?n? ?th?? ?l?м?nts. Wh?t’s ???tic?l??l? int?i??in? is h?w th?? ????niz?? th?s? ??м?ins.
Iм???s ?? in?iʋi???ls ????n?? in 16th-c?nt??? ??shi?n, м?sks, ?n? ?ʋ?n ???t??its ??int?? ?nt? th? ??c??s?? м?k? th?s? t?м?s ?ni??? ?n? ?nc?nn?. Th? ?????t?? ??? ??siti?n?? in ʋ??i??s w??s, ???м ??in? s?s??n??? ?n w?lls t? ??in? ????n??? ?n st?n? sh?lʋ?s. Th? s?ns?ti?n ???n ?nt??in? is iм??ssi?l? t? i?n??? ?n? ?t tiм?s c?n м?k? ??? ???l lik? ???’?? ?м???kin? ?n ? j???n?? th????h tiм?.
Th?s? c?t?c?м?s ??? ?n int????l ???t ?? Sicil?’s c?lt???l h??it??? ?n? s??ʋ? ?s ? ?l?c? wh??? ʋisit??s c?n ??lʋ? ?????? int? th? isl?n?’s ?ni??? hist??? ?n? t???iti?ns.
