Musical traditions
Main article: Traditions dialect of Taranto and Singers and bands language grika .
Dancers pinches during the concert Taricata
Of particular interest are the now extinct anthropological phenomenon tarantismo , a form of hysterical extraordinary scenic impact, and the 'Instead rimontante worship for pinches , traditional music and swing that once accompanied the rites of healing tarantate, ie women who believed they had been bitten by the tarantula . In fact, it was an original way to manifest of ' hysteria . The anthropologist Ernesto de Martino led the historical studies on the phenomenon, then merged in the classic text " Journey to the land of remorse . "
In pinches pinches traditional dancing in pairs. The couple does not necessarily have to be formed by individuals of the opposite sex: quite commonly two women dance together, while nowadays it is increasingly rare to see two men dancing together, although in the past the dance between two men were much more frequent than between a man and a woman. An example of a dance between two men is seen, however, still in the tradition of Ostuni , where it is common to see two men dancing, where one of the two plays, or rather, mimics ironically, the role of women.
A special mention goes to the traditional pinch-fencing (also called "sword dance" danced to the feast of San Rocco August 16 in Torrepaduli ), where the pinch is all the more clearly the form of the soundtrack of a psychodrama, type male and "warrior" rather than feminine and "sensual".
In recent years one of the pinches and the formal review of tarantism, now emptied of its connotations anthropological traditional musical forms in contaminated and has assumed dimensions of modern cultural phenomenon, the extent of making them the most distinctive and famous of the landmarks of Salento, which exports almost everywhere, almost as a trademark, this musical form.
Main article: Traditions dialect of Taranto and Singers and bands language grika .
Dancers pinches during the concert Taricata
Of particular interest are the now extinct anthropological phenomenon tarantismo , a form of hysterical extraordinary scenic impact, and the 'Instead rimontante worship for pinches , traditional music and swing that once accompanied the rites of healing tarantate, ie women who believed they had been bitten by the tarantula . In fact, it was an original way to manifest of ' hysteria . The anthropologist Ernesto de Martino led the historical studies on the phenomenon, then merged in the classic text " Journey to the land of remorse . "
In pinches pinches traditional dancing in pairs. The couple does not necessarily have to be formed by individuals of the opposite sex: quite commonly two women dance together, while nowadays it is increasingly rare to see two men dancing together, although in the past the dance between two men were much more frequent than between a man and a woman. An example of a dance between two men is seen, however, still in the tradition of Ostuni , where it is common to see two men dancing, where one of the two plays, or rather, mimics ironically, the role of women.
A special mention goes to the traditional pinch-fencing (also called "sword dance" danced to the feast of San Rocco August 16 in Torrepaduli ), where the pinch is all the more clearly the form of the soundtrack of a psychodrama, type male and "warrior" rather than feminine and "sensual".
In recent years one of the pinches and the formal review of tarantism, now emptied of its connotations anthropological traditional musical forms in contaminated and has assumed dimensions of modern cultural phenomenon, the extent of making them the most distinctive and famous of the landmarks of Salento, which exports almost everywhere, almost as a trademark, this musical form.