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Church bell resumes when locals bang pots

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MEZZEMA, Italy, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Residents of a small Italian town said their local priest has resumed ringing local church bells after a pause requested by the town's only tourist.

Father Alfredo De Simoni of the town of Mezzema on a Ligurian hilltop conceded to the tourist's request that the church bells not be rung between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m., but residents of the village of 85 people protested the absence of their usual 7 a.m. wake-up bell by taking to the streets banging pots and pans, ANSA reported Wednesday.

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The villagers further protested the move by boycotting Sunday Mass, and De Simoni resumed the regular schedule of bell ringing Wednesday to great celebration by the townspeople.

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