What do rosemary and tarallo have in common? We will find out thanks to Mattia, who will tell us about his experience linked to the preparation of the boiled tarallo nasprato, in the context of the popular tradition of Rosamarina, in its particular declination in Santo Stefano del Sole, a municipality in Irpinia located in the Sabato Valley, a vast area of the province of Avellino, which winds along the banks of the river of the same name.
This particular tarallo is a salient Easter gastronomic product in this area and is the ritual food of the traditional and popular – religious event of Rosamarina, an intangible heritage of the Campania region since 2019.
Specifically, Mattia will let us know about his experiences in the kitchen during the preparation of the event, and the particular role that children have, recipients of the transmission of typical homemade Easter recipes and the “canto a fronna”, the “Rosamarina”, symbols of cultural contamination between internal areas (Irpinia in the Serino area) and coastal areas (through the Agro Nocerino Sarnese).
Interiew by: Maria Taddio
Video by: Bartole Cetrola, Maria Taddio
Video Editing by: Bartole Cetrola
Document by: Lara Manzi, Maria Taddio
Subtitle ita/eng by: Edoardo Gargiulo, Lara Manzi
Translation by: Lara Manzi
MedEatResarch – Center of Social Research on the Mediterranean Diet of the University of Naples Suor Orsola Benincasa, head by Marino Niola and Elisabetta Moro
Realized: 19/05/2024
