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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)