Róisín and Ken · September 2025
A wedding at Casa La Carrubbazza, on Etna
Róisín and Ken came from Dublin and stayed three days: the evening before on a terrace over the sea in Catania, the wedding at Casa La Carrubbazza, a house of lava stone on the slopes of Etna, and the day after by the pool, until the lawn turned into a stage.
Marco made the film, Carlo the photographs. The same three days, two ways of keeping them.
- Where
- Casa La Carrubbazza, San Gregorio di Catania · Etna
- Who was there
- Marco on the film, Carlo on the photographs
The film
The day
It began on the water. On the first evening there was a long table on the terrace of Lido Aldebaran, in Catania, the moon over the sea and the blue hour turning slowly into night.
On the morning of the wedding Róisín got ready in pyjamas printed with Sicilian oranges, while Ken knotted a peach tie against a wall of stone. Before the ceremony her father took her hands.
The ceremony was outdoors, on lava stone, among hydrangeas and coral roses, with the guests fanning themselves under the olive trees. The words were read by the people closest to them, not by a stranger; a flame passed from candle to candle, and their hands were tied with a coloured ribbon.
The tables were named after songs, Springsteen, the Sugababes, Thin Lizzy, and the seating plan hung from vinyl records among coral flowers. The party went on until two in the morning, with Etna watching from the dark: from David Gray to Queen.
On the third day, the pool under the house, inflatable lemons and oranges, pizza from the wood oven and Ken at the drums. In the evening the lawn became a stage: a band, a microphone passing from hand to hand, and the two of them in front, singing.
The photographs
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