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Taranta, poverty, and orientalism

Watching the 1959 footage of healing sessions for possessed women in south Italy by Ernesto De Martino and Diego Carpitella, one may feel almost voyeuristic (Part One, and Two). Below I cite a revi…

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AmiW Streetart ❄️Sep 20, 2024

💃 Artist: #MILLO (Francesco Camillo Giorgino) in City: #Gallipoli /Via Firenze n. 46 / Italy 🇮🇹 08/2024 - Title: "To chorèsci tze cinùria zoì" ("The rebirth dance") - #Art #Mural #Streetart #UrbanArt #Artist #Dance #SprayArt #Taranta #Agave

Quentin Aug 27, 2023

Quando #pizzica la #Taranta #nottedellataranta #puglia

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The Arts Center at NYUAbuDhabi Dec 17, 2022

Mauro Durante, above, is also leader of #CGS - #canzioneregrecanicosalentino - a leading #pizzica #taranta group from #puglia in Southern #Italy. Here’s a taste of their hypnotic and ecstatic #music. They will be a part of #Barzakh festival (we try not to frame it as #world music, but…) on Feb 3.

https://youtu.be/E-IfNJyxA8w

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