Calabrian Tarantella (in

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: Tarantella Calabrese or "Sonu a ballu": playing for dancing) is a generic term to include different musical-dancing expressions spread in Calabrian peninsula and different from other southern Italian dances called simply

Tarantella () is a group of various southern Italian folk dances originating in the regions of Calabria, Campania and Puglia. It is characterized by a fast upbeat tempo, usually in time (sometimes or ), accompanied by tambourines. It is among the mo ...

. It is played and danced during religious festivals and other social occasions. In recent times the tradition has been revived as new groups are taking an interest in instruments which had been falling into obscurity; they played "ad usu anticu" (in the old/traditional way) or they modernised the sound adding a bassline or new sounds.

Musical instruments

Musical instruments of Calabrian Tarantella are: zampogna, substituted often by organetto, with tamburello, in some areas was used Zampogna with Pipita and Fischiotta, while in

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e Monte Poro was used

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. Rhythm is based on terzine with time in 12/8 and sometimes in 6/8. Although there is homogeneity in Tarantella played and danced in all Calabria, there are some geographical differences: there is ''libera'' in east catanzarese, ''sonu a ballu'' in

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and ''Zumparieddu'' in Sila and Viddanedda in Reggio Calabria and style differences: ''fimminina'' (female style), ''masculina'' (male style), ''libera''.

Dance

Tarantella calabrese is a man-women couple dance, but it could be also man-man and woman-woman, in a circular space made of moving people named "rota" (wheel). "U mastru i ballu" (Master of dance) decide the order of the dancers inside rota managed turns. Players outside rota follow and feel dancers and change music rhythm. In the past, during dancing, the people created a unique rota in the square where they danced.

Main calabrian Tarantella festivals

* Paleariza at Bova (RC) since 1997 * Kaulonia Tarantella Festival at Caulonia (RC) since 2008 *Tarantella Power at Caulonia since 1998 to 2007 and since 2009 to Badolato (RC) *Radici Sonore at Tiriolo (CZ) since 2006 *Radicazioni Festival at Alessandria del Carretto (CS) since 2003 *Tamburello Festival at Zambrone (VV) since 2004 *Sùanu 'e canna at Sant'Andrea Apostolo dello Ionio since 2010 *Satrianella Festival at

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(CZ) since 2009

External links

Tarantella calabreseRadici Sonore Festival at TirioloTarantella Power at BadolatoKaulonia tarantella Festival at CauloniaProgetto Sentieri del Suono
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Musical instruments

Dance

Main calabrian Tarantella festivals

See also

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