During the early nineties I Tamburellisti di Torrepaduli, with their new and pioneering concerts, become the protagonists of the reaffirmation of the pizzica-pizzica, music and dance in the past revolved around which the universal values of the cult of Dionysus and of Mother Earth.
Pizzica Pizzica music and dance therapy is the phenomenon of the Dionysian tarantismo that, as he discovers De Giorgi, is an ancient rite of rebirth. From the lyrics, rhythms, dances of the group you may notice a lot of respect for this popular culture, which is praised but not repeated in the form trivial or picturesque, in observance of the precepts of the great musician and expert Bela Bartok.
The group resumes the music that heals the tarantati (the "bitten" by the legendary spider tarantula) by melancholy and is inspired by the grand traditions of the tambourine and dance-fencing of Torrepaduli, where every year, on August 15, revived an ancient culture bound the Shrine of Saint Roch.
The success of Tamburellisti, in the end, even contributing to the rapid growth of the new feast of San Rocco.
Taranta 2013 - Pizzica Salentina - Videoclip on TARANTA Channel
Taranta 2011, Pizzica Salentina by TARANTA Channel
Bailo della Pizzica, en el Salento-Puglia, sur de Italia.
Taranta 2011, Pizzica Salentina by TARANTA Channel