Tuesday, August 1, 2006

Grandmas Spreading Wide



I BRIGANTI of Otranto


I Briganti di Terra d'Otranto keep alive the passion for research, study
, storage and testing of popular music.
Their concerts spread all over the world the sounds of our music
and contribute to the preservation and revival of our cultural fabric,
thanks to a deeply rooted musical tradition, may adopt a more and more as a vehicle
extraordinary cross of our territory.


AGORA '



chants of ancient Greece, sounds, images
through the centuries have come down to us and, as if time had stopped, you can relive
still in Greece of Salento.
evening, those in the summer, were revived from ancient chants and
poignant love songs: voices blithe or sad on a starry,
the pale light of a street lamp, with a
accompaniment of guitar or accordion and tambourine or harmonica in his mouth.
Agora The band joined the National Federation of
Resorts Activities and Musical Amateurs.
its aim is to recover, preserve and revive folk songs
in Salento and in Greek language.


tambourines TOWER OF PADULA



The group "The tambourines Torrepaduli" was founded in 1989, the ethnomusicologist when
PierPaolo De Giorgi, a group of skilled players
tambourine dancers and some decide to play together.
Excluding De Giorgi, the group comes entirely from Torrepaduli,
one of the mythical place of the folk tradition of Salento,
where they dance the pinch-fencing and playing the tambourine for centuries, in
Feast of San Rocco, on the night of 15 and August 16.
fundamental purpose of the group, met today in
cultural association of the same name, is the protection and restoration of cultural heritage Salento
in particular pinch-pinch, the culture of Tarantino and of Griko,
the ancient language of Greek Salento.
In 1991 comes the first cassette, "Great Tang",
where for the first time the pinch is considered a musical genre, not a
"museum piece".
The music that healed tarantate hours charms squares. The
group takes part in important festivals such as the Sun than the Earth,
Val D'Itria, the Carnival of the Sassi of Materae abroad,
the International Music Festival in Greece Atene.Appare more 'times Rai,
transmissions "EYE TO THE TICKET", "One Morning", "TG2 Dossier",
and runs a "special" on a pinch-fencing for RAI INTERNATIONAL.


"COMEDIANS FOR DREHER"

A performance in collaboration with


(see article : AREA ZELIG)


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