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For schools, councils and associations

A hundred years of Calabrian history, told and sung live

What it is

A talk in which Salvatore Mazzei tells the stories from the book «Dal brigantaggio alla Repubblica. Cento anni di storia» and sings live the songs that grew out of them, with guitar and chitarra battente.

Each song starts from a person or an event: we listen, explain the dialect, and look at where it happened. Mazzei is not a historian and argues no theory: he offers a starting point for finding the sources and discussing them.

What it covers

  • The Risorgimento seen from the SouthThe Bandiera brothers (1844) and Pisacane's expedition to Sapri (1857).
  • BanditryGiosafatte Talarico, Pietro Monaco and Maria Oliverio «Ciccilla»: who they were and how people remembered them.
  • EmigrationThose who left and those who stayed, from the late 1800s to today.
  • The two warsA weaver's life in the early 1900s and a soldier's letter on 8 September 1943.
  • The dialectLyrics in Calabrian with translation: a language you come to understand by singing it.
On stage at the Premio Pierangelo Bertoli, 2015

How to arrange it

The project is non-profit. All it needs is a room and a PA for the voice; length and content are agreed with the host. Write and tell us who you are, where and for whom: we will reply with a proposal.

kalacunta@libero.it

Who it is for

Schools

Secondary schools: an hour of history and civics with live music.

Councils and libraries

Book presentations, cultural evenings, anniversaries tied to the places in the stories: Castelsilano, San Giovanni in Fiore, Panettieri, Casali del Manco, Cosenza, Sapri.

Calabrian associations

In Italy and abroad: an evening to rediscover the language and the stories of home, by video link too.

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