Nuoro Ciusa Institute at its first Folk festival
A coloured party that of Saturday 13 February at Nuoro Ciusa Institute, where dozens of students wore traditional costumes giving life to the firs Folk Festival of the school. The Festival “A borghe ‘e ballu” was commissioned by the new Ciusa Folk Group, coordinated by the professor Rita Porcu and strongly supported by the School Leader, professor Francesco Cucca, who has been particularly favorable to let relive in the school moments of intense past revival, strongly connotative of the social…
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Primo videoclip per la Notte Battente sulle note de “A fochera ‘e natale”
Primo videoclip per la Notte Battente Nuovo importante traguardo per il gruppo di musica etnico-popolare di Soveria Mannelli. Dopo la costituzione dell’Associazione, avvenuta nel mese di novembre 2015, il gruppo Notte Battente, nei giorni scorsi, ha concluso le riprese del primo videoclip. La band della città del Reventino, da sempre impegnata nella rivalutazione delle tradizioni popolari soveritane, ha girato un videoclip sulle note della canzone “’A fochera ‘e natale”, tratta dalla poesia del concittadino, il professore e poeta Raffaele Proto,…
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The Piemontese Courenta
The Courenta (corenta in the normalized Occitan spelling, corrente in Italian) is a common dance in the occitan and french alpine wide valleys. Appeared in the XVI century the courenta develops in the XVII passing from Bransle Courant to two different dances: an italian version, the corrente (rather lively) and a french version, the courante (slowly dance). It was appreciated by King Luigi XIV, who declares it the dance of the ball opening dance, the french courenta disappears in XVIII…
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The castagnette, neapolitan and calabrian traditional instrument
The castagnette are a percussion musical instrument used most of all in the mediterranean popular music, particularly in Campania and Calabria, often confused with the spanish castanets. Each castagnetta is made of two parts, in a shaped wood, tied by a piece of rope that allows the sound to come out opening and closing it with hands. Once closed, they assume the shape of a chestnut from which derives the name. They are used in pairs, even one for hand,…
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The Mazzamurelli from the Marches’ folklore at Zara for the Italian Community
An ideal hug between the Valdaso and the Italian Community at Zara in Craotia, through a cultural change project brought in the croatian city by the Association “Mazzamurelli of the Sibillini”. An intense weekend that of 6 and 7 February in Zara city, among the local headquarters of the Italian Community where the meeting between the delegation from the Marches, composed by 15 compinents of Mazzamurelli, lead by the president Lorenzo Trentuno, and that of the Italian Community and Zara…
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The Irpinia Carnival tradition: the Zeza
The Irpinia Carnival Tradition: the Zeza An important place among the carnival activities is up to the Zeza, an ancient popular performance developed and internalized by the people from Irpinia with the title of Zeza Song, that is represented along the streets by solofrani and montoresi mexed groups. It’s a real popular theatre piece sung and accompanied by instruments like castanets, triccheballacche, tambourines, but also trombone, guitar and trumpet and often bass drum, that was probably born in the second…
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Magna Mater: Laboratory on popular dance’s contemporary vision
MAGNA MATER LABORATORY ON POPULAR DANCE’S CONTEMPORARY VISION 13 Febbraio | 12 marzo | 9 aprile | 7 maggio Dalle 16h alle 19h LED SPAZIO DANZA Via Francesco del Giudice n.9, Napoli Info e prenotazione: Cell: 3497428098 | 3285428140/ Email: angie.esposito86@gmail.com Il vero canto popolare è innanzitutto la rappresentazione di un mondo interiore. Si basa su un’articolazione di “Segni”, leggibili in una visione rituale e magico-religiosa dei canti stessi. Questi infatti sono comprensibili nella loro molteplice verità secondo un codice culturale che rapporta i…
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Dario Ei Meridionali wins “Mimmo Bucci” award
Dario Ei Meridionali wins “Mimmo Bucci” award Dario Losito, group’s frontman, as well as violinist, Gianluca Paradiso (bass) and Mirko Inchingolo (guitar and voice) are the members of Dario Ei Meridionali group from Andria. With their folk and popular music win the eight edition “Mimmo Bucci” Award’s prize, with their unpublished work “Polvere da sparo”. On Saturday 30 January the Petruzzelli Theatre of Bari saw eight artists performances, from different music categories: the jury and the public decided the success of the…
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