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Drums of Illumination: Southern Italian & Native American Ritual Drumming and Dance
Wednesday, September 12, 2018 @ 6:30 pm
A world peace celebration, presented by Alessandra Belloni & I Giullari di Piazza, with special guests The SilverCloud Native American Singers & Dancers.
In Drums of Illumination, Alessandra Belloni unites two great cultures: the powerful Native American and the passionate Southern Italian, for a journey back in time into a world of ritual drumming, voice and trance dances.
The evening will feature Tarantellas from Southern Italy, including the authentic Pizzica Tarantata, a healing trance dance from Puglia used to cure the bite of the tarantula (a myth that dates back to the ancient Greek rites of Dyonisus), healing chants and drumming in honor of the Black Madonna and the Goddess of Love and the Sea; Native American ritual singing and drumming, love songs, warrior dances, and the amazing Indian hoop dance, performed by Josephine Tarrant.
Featuring:
Alessandra Belloni, vocals, percussion, ritual dance
Peter Abazia, drumset
Joe Deninzon, violin
Francesca Silvano & Peter de Geronimo, ritual dancers
Kevin Tarrant, lead vocals, pow wow drum
Murielle Borst, vocals, drums
Josephine Tarrant, vocals
From the Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò