Tag: tarantella
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Bloom and Song
From February 12-22, 2015 the city of Agrigento celebrates the 70th Sagra del Mandorlo in Fiore (The Festival of the Blooming Almond Trees) and the 60th International Festival of Folklore. The “in Fiore” festival marks that spring is arriving and the almond trees are in bloom, while the folklore festival features performances of not only…
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It’s a Symbiotic Relationship
In the beginning of October, Ragusa celebrated the 20th annual “Ibla Buskers Festa di Artisti di Strada.” The Baroque city’s piazzas were full of musicians, circus performers, artists, and–probably most important, spectators. The Associazione Culturale Edrisi and ibla Buskers aims to illustrate the symbiotic relationship between performers and audience and the best street art in…
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Let the Music Play
Ceramic figurines of a guitar player and a tamburello (tambourine) player as seen in the Sicilian Cart Museum in Palermo’s historic center.
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Let’s Celebrate with a Sicilian Tarantella
Let’s celebrate! It’s the first day of summer! Today, my band Villa Palagonia is participating in Make Music New York 2014 in New York City. And although we won’t be dressed like the dancers painted on this traditional tamburello that I photographed in a tailor shop in Palermo’s historic center, I will be playing my…
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Abballati! Abballati! A Traditional Tarantella
“Abballati, abballati, Fimmini schetti e maritati, E si n’abballati bonu, Non vi cantu e non vi sonu…” “Abballati Abballati!” is a traditional Sicilian tarantella. “Abballati” is an invitation to dance… “Single and married women (next verse: single and married men), and if you don’t dance well, I’m not going to sing or play for you!”…
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Beautiful Tarantella Dancer
This marble depiction of a tarantella dancer takes my breath away. It’s housed behind velvet ropes (that didn’t stop me!) in the Palazzo dei Normanni in Palermo, and that’s really all I know about it. She exudes beauty and emotion.
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Tarantella dancer on jug-kitsch. #tarantella #jug #brocca #kitsch #sicily #sicilia #italy #italia #sicily_tourism #sicilytourism #sicily_travel #sicilytravel #experiencesicily #sicilyphoto #siciliaph #siciliafoto #igerssicilia #instasicilia #ig_sicily #igfriends_sicilia #ig_palermo #instaitalia #gf_italy
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An ancient urn from Sicily depicts a scene inspired by the rites of the Greek god Dionysius as celebrated by his cult, who are known as Bacchantes. Note the frame drums or tamburelli and the thyrsus, a giant fennel staff topped with a pine cone and ivy leaves. A thyrsus is a symbol of fertility.…
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In Sicily, organized folk music troupes keep music and dance traditions alive for the next generations. #sicily #sicily_travel #sicilia #sicily_tourism #italy #ig_sicily #italia #siciliaph #music #folkmusic #musica #folkdance #tarantella #soluntum #grupofolk #grupofolksoluntum #experiencesicily