Arakne Mediterranea
Tretarante
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Arakne Mediterranea is an association, based in Martignano in the Southern Italian region of Salento dedicated to the preservation and diffusion of the traditions and folk cultures of Salento. (more)

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... has the raw energy of a well-captured field recording. The twelve-piece Arakne Mediterranea has a lusty, fearless sound....The vocals are rough-hewn, with an open camaraderie and the instrumentation consists of guitar, mandolin, fiddle, flute and lots of percussion... This is fresh, honest, unaffected music. - Peggy Latkovich (RootsWorld) "This is a valuable recording for anyone who is into the songs and music of Carpino, free of any modernistic influences." - Napolimusic.it

Tracks: TARANTA 1 - Canterina (Te Pizzicau) 4'27" 2 - Lu filu (Santu Paulu benedittu) 4'50" 3 - Tarantune (Sobba alla tupta tuptatera) 5'41" 4 - la Vergine Maria (Giubileo) 4'11" 5 - Lu Sule 4'10" PIZZICA 6 - Pizzeca de core 4'36" 7 - Pizzicarella mia 5'13" 8 - E nu diciti (Rirollala) 3'51" 9 - Ama Signuri (Stornelli) 4'01" 10 - Beddha (Serenata) 2'51" SCHERMA 11 - Ahi lu core meu 4'00" 12 - Klama (Cantom d'emigrazione) 3'29" 13 - Kalinitta (Serenata grika) 5'45" Artits in the ensemble: Giorgio Di Lecce: canto, organetto, tamburello Imma Giannuzzi: canto, danza Grazia Paiano: canto, nacchere Francesca Della Monaca: canto Maria Negro: danza, clave Gianluca Milanese: flauto, ottavino, ciaramella Francesco Del Prete: violino, cabasa Pierangelo Colucci: percussioni Roberto Chiga: tamburi Giovanni Colucci: chitarra battente, mandolino Francesco Frascella: tamburello Elio Giordano: chitarra basso

Arakne Mediterranea is an association, based in Martignano in the Southern Italian region of Salento, which for 10 years, together with the co-operation of the University of Lecce, has been dedicated to the preservation and diffusion of the traditions and folk cultures of Salento. It owes its name to the young princess who, according to the myth told by Ovidio, is transformed into a spider by the goddess Athena after a weaving contest. The association has given rise to numerous dance companies and folk songs, composed by Giorgio Di Lecce (who is the Director), Imma Giannuzzi, Gabriella Licciardi, Graziella Paiano, Pierangelo e Giovanni Colucci, Francesca Della Monaca, Maria Negro, Gianluca Milanese, Francesco Del Prete, Francesco Frascella, Roberto Chiga and Elio Giordano. Tretarante is therefore a precious, well-researched record, completely dedicated to the tradition of tarantismo and its modern day forms: the Tretarante (three tarantas) to which the title of the album alludes. That is, the Pizzica-Taranta (a ‘healing’ dance, both individual and group, which takes its origins from the very ancient healing rite of the tarantati (people bitten by the tarantula) and their pilgrimage to Galatina; declared in Ernesto De Martino’s studies to be of wide cultural importance); the Pizzica de core (or ‘pizzica’ (bite) of joy: basically, a ‘jumping’ dance performed in mixed couples with a fast rhythm which today everyone, both young and old, dance especially at local festivals, weddings, christenings, family parties, whereas once it was danced in families, in groups with couples in a line or in squares of 4 couples); the Pizzica-scherma (or dance of the knives,: a dance for couples which takes place in the night between the 15th and 16th of August, during the feast of Saint Rocco, in Ruffano (Lecce), in the past the dancers held knives and it always brought together the best tambourine players, and saw endless dances and night-time contests). In a period where tarantellas, the pizzica and taranta have been put under the spotlight, a time when they are starting to get the attention they deserve, Tretarante is an authentic reminder of these important folk traditions. An album which offers both the rigour and the warmth of genuine, deeply felt traditional dances, a reminder to us modern day, stressed individuals, of our social and artistic roots, which are capable of bringing people together and are far removed from any banal folk revival or quaint performance for visiting tourists.

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