Dove la Notte della Taranta?

Dove la Notte della Taranta?

Si svolge nel mese di agosto, in forma itinerante in varie piazze del Salento, iniziando da Corigliano d'Otranto e culminando nel concertone di Melpignano che vede la partecipazione di musicisti di fama nazionale ed internazionale.

What is La Notte della Taranta?

• "La Notte della Taranta" is the biggest festival in Italy and one of the most significant events about the popular culture in Europe.

What is Taranta dance?

• The Taranta dance: (Spider dance) usually consisted of three phases: first the woman crawled and clapped her hands and feet following the tambourines' rhythm, then she have herself up and while jumping and dancing she drawned wide figures in the air with a coloured foulard she had in her hands; at last she began to reel till she collapsed.

What is the pizzica tarantata?

• The "pizzica tarantata" is the music that marked the ancient healing ritual against the bite of tarantula, the dangerous poisonous spider. According to tradition in order to drive out the demon thought to have taken possession of the victim, generally a woman, tambourines should be beaten incessantly.

What effect does the Taranta's possession of the red scarf have?

• A the end of the dance she will give the red scarf to the man who steals her heart. Now days behind the taranta's possession it sees the effect of a very strong will of redemption and deliverance and, possibly, even of an exhibition of the subordinate role of the women.