The Taranta & Pizzica dance
The “pizzica tarantata” is the music that marked the ancient healing ritual against the bite of tarantula, the dangerous poisonous spider. According to tradition in order to drive out the …
Cork Artisans of Sardinia
In the arid countryside around Calangianus, Sardinia, bark is rudely stripped from the lower trunks of the gnarled trees that blanket the hillsides. Driving through this area—covered by parched earth, the …