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“La vite ad alberello” of Pantelleria

Posted on 6 December 2014
By roberto_3568 Beni iscritti engPatrimonio immateriale eng

  The Intergovernmental Committee of the UNESCO Convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH – Intangible Cultural Heritage) met in Paris (11/26/2014) has decided to enter in the heritage: “LA VITE AD ALBERELLO DI PANTELLERIA”, an agricultural practice that is a unique grape growing, passed down from generation to generation in the community of Pantelleria. The…

L’Opera dei Pupi

Posted on 13 September 2014
By roberto_3568 Beni iscritti engPatrimonio immateriale eng

© CRICD Regione Siciliana The puppet theatre known as the Opera dei Pupi emerged in Sicily at the beginning of the nineteenth century and enjoyed great success among the island’s working classes. The puppeteers told stories based on medieval chivalric literature and other sources, such as Italian poems of the Renaissance, the lives of saints…