The Ginee is a cloth puppet filled with rags that represents the winter and every 31 January, after the coldest days of the season, is taken through the streets of the village, accompanied by pails and tins that are dragged along the asphalt, reproducing the classic noise that accompanies the burning of the Gineè.
The meaning is ancient: awaken dormant nature in the winter months, beating the earth to arouse the seeds and finally burning the “Gineè”, January, thus defeating the winter. As the flames rise high in the sky, mulled wine and sweets are consumed together.
The ginèè takes place in several places of Mandello. The main one is burnt at Mandello in the locality of “Poncia”.
