Carla Sicignano is a daughter of the juta of Montevergine, born from the meeting of two exponents of the world of popular and cultured song and music from Campania. They met and got married on the mountain that overlooks the Partenio.In the interview, Carla tells the music, songs, dances, rituals and beliefs that distinguish the juta; all elements that make the devotion to the Madonna di Montevergine a community festive event of socio-anthropological interest with repercussions on the life stories of the participants in the celebration.
Interview by: Helga Sanità
Video by: Rossella Galletti and Antonio Puzzi. Editing by: Mariangela Bianco
Document by: Rossella Galletti
Translate: Rossella Galletti
MedEatResarch – Center of Social Research on the Mediterranean Diet of the University of Naples Suor Orsola Benincasa, head by Marino Niola and Elisabetta Moro
Carla Sicignano

Carla Sicignano

City: Ospedaletto d’Alpinolo (AV)
Languages: Italian, campano dialect

Video table of contents

00:00:25 The discover of Montevergine
00:02:30 Castagnette and songs to Madonna
00:04:40 The musical encounter of her parents
00:06:18 The revelation of fertility by priest’s chestnuts
00:08:10 The season of Montevergine and other Madonnas
00:12:20 The boor’s dance

Geographic information

Country: IT
Region: Campania
City: Ospedaletto d’Alpinolo (AV)
Altitude: 725m. s.l.m.