The Testa di Moro Sweatshirt

The Testa di Moro Sweatshirt A sweatshirt for all Sicilians and lovers of Sicily! The Moro & Mora Legend An ancient legend tells that around the year 1100, during the period of the arab domination in Sicily, in the Kalsa district of Palermo, lived “a beautiful girl with a rosy skin comparable to peach blossoms at the height of flowering and a nice pair of eyes that seemed to reflect the beautiful Gulf of Palermo “. The girl was almost always at home, and spent her days looking after the plants on her balcony. One day a young Moro found himself passing by, and as soon as he saw her, he immediately fell in love with her and decided to have her at all costs. Then without delay he entered the girl’s house and immediately declared his love. The girl, struck by so much ardor, returned the love of the young Moro, but soon her happiness vanished as soon as she learned that her beloved would soon leave her to return to the East, where a wife with two sons where waiting for him. So it was that the girl waited for the night and as soon as the Moro fell asleep she killed him and then cut off his head. She made a vase out of the Moro’s head where she planted some basil and put it on display…