Personally I'm a fan of the Bersaglieri.
This is the Fanfara Bersaglieri Bergamo, I had the opportunity to see them perform life at the internationale taptoe the Oostende.
It was great. They sounded live even better then in these videos.
Found at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bersaglieri
While in the past the mobility of the Bersaglieri manifested itself in running and the use of bicycles, regiments currently in service are all mechanised.
The modern Bersaglieri have served, as part of the Garibaldi Bersaglieri Brigade, as peacekeepers in the Multinational Force in Lebanon, and in Yugoslav and Somali Civil Wars, and were also active in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Bersaglieri traditions are still stressed. The Bersaglieri collar patches are crimson-red "flames". Enlisted troops still wear the red fez. Officers wear black berets with their ordinary uniforms, but the feathered "vaira" in ceremonial uniform. They also wear black gloves, while other Italian regiments wear white ones. Each Bersaglieri unit had a band called a "fanfara", who played their instruments at the run while on parade. The "fanfara" does not contain percussion instruments.
Today only the RCST Garibaldi La Fanfara Ariete Brigade and La Fanfara 7 Reggimento Bersaglieri retain a "fanfara" as actual military bands.
In Italy there are many Bersaglieri fanfara's but these are civilian groups.
1st Bersaglieri Regiment with the "La Marmora" battalion in Cosenza as part of the Garibaldi Bersaglieri Brigade 3rd Bersaglieri Regiment with the "Poggio Scanno" battalion in Teulada as part of the
Sassari Mechanized Brigade
6th Bersaglieri Regiment with the "Palestro" battalion in Trapani as part of the Aosta Mechanized Brigade
7th Bersaglieri Regiment with the "Bezzecca" battalion in Bari as part of the Pinerolo Mechanized Brigade
8th Bersaglieri Regiment with the "Cernaia" battalion in Caserta as part of the Garibaldi Bersaglieri Brigade
11th Bersaglieri Regiment with the "Caprera" battalion in Orcenico Superiore as part of the Ariete Armoured Brigade
The 1st, 8th and 11th Bersaglieri regiments serve in their traditional role as tracked mechanized infantry in the army's two heavy brigades, while the 3rd, 6th and 7th Bersaglieri regiments are the third manoeuvre element in wheeled mechanized infantry brigades.
These are some pictures of the show in Oostende of the Fanfara Arturo Scattini di Bergamo
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