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“𝒫𝒶𝒹𝓇𝑒, 𝓂𝒾 𝒽𝒶𝒾 𝒹𝑒𝓉𝓉𝑜: ‘𝒫𝓇𝑜𝓉𝑒𝑔𝑔𝒾 𝓉𝓊𝒶 𝓂𝒶𝒹𝓇𝑒’. 𝑀𝒶 𝒸𝒽𝒾 𝓇𝒾𝓂𝒶𝓃𝑒 𝒶 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝓉𝑒𝑔𝑔𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝓂𝑒?”
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The exorcism took place in front of the entire community. The patient performed in a wild dance accompanied by a music called "Pizzica". She had to metaphorically fight against the spider until she was totally free from it.
With this project I wanted to give voice to this story.
The mental condition of these women was attributed to the bite of a tarantula rather than to the social and psychological situation they were forced to live. It was a sort of "hysteria" but but typical of my area and with the characteristics of the Apulian tradition. (2/3)
These illustrations are part of a project concerning the traditions of my homeland.
I have developed a series of works inspired by "Tarantism", a phenomenon that concerned the exorcism of some women suffering from depressive and neurotic attacks, the so-called "tarantate". (1/3)