518:. The skeleton of the Catania puppets has padding that helps make the puppets heavier. Their height is usually between 110 and 130 cm, and they can reach a weight of about 30 kilos. If they are warriors, they almost always hold their sword in their right hand due to the absence of the wire that, in Palermo puppets, connects the handle to the sword hilt. The non-articulated legs allow the considerable weight of the puppets to be unloaded on the stage without risking that the legs bend and they also facilitate the maneuver performed by the handlers (
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309:; the most recent one, and even more incisive, is that of the Fifties and Sixties when the popular neighborhoods of the cities began to empty and to reject traditional culture began to be rejected following the spread of new forms of economic well-being of the consumerist era. Despite these difficult periods, the Opera dei pupi is still practiced today by various companies of the Island, companies which haver an ancient or more recent history and attract new audiences, showing a renewed vitality.
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878:. With his mobile theater, he makes his puppets and paintings tour in central Italy. His artifacts have a smaller size than the traditional ones of the Palermo school: in fact, the puppets measure 70 cm, and the theater is also on a smaller scale. Later he gave life to the "Italic puppets" that tell the deeds of the warriors of the Osco-Umbrian peoples during the Social War against the Roman Republic.
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representation, the performative codes (e.g. sound code, kinesic code, etc.), as well as the techniques of construction of the puppets and how to paint the scenes and posters. The transmission of this heritage takes place within the companies and craft workshops primarily through the listening and observation of the master by the young apprentice.
626:«Currently there are five families of puppeteers in eastern Sicily who are the custodians of the oral and intangible heritage of the opera dei pupi as well as of material goods (puppets, signs, scenes, scenic equipment, etc.). This includes both historical material and that which is used for the realization of the shows»
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body of the Opera dei pupi. The
Association for the Safeguarding of Popular Traditions which is recognized by the Ministry of Culture as the competent and responsible body in the field of safeguarding the intangible cultural heritage and the Sicilian Opera dei Pupi. See Perricone, Rosario (edited by) (2020),
698:"Currently there are eight companies of puppeteers of Palermo who are depositories of the oral and intangible heritage of the opera dei pupi as well as of theatrical props (puppets, signs, sets, tools, etc.). This includes both historical material and that which is used for the realization of the shows":
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from
Palermo, painted in tempera on canvas, are divided into different squares, usually eight, resembling a chessboard. Each square, often subtitled, corresponds to one of the episodes of the long Carolingian cycle. A sheet bearing the words "Today" was attached to the square relating to the evening
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There are numerous studies dedicated to
Sicilian Opera dei pupi. The most recent research by Ignazio E. Buttitta, Bernadette Majorana, Alessandro Napoli and Rosario Perricone followed the historically fundamental contributions of Antonino Buttitta, Antonino Uccello, Janne Vibaek, and Carmelo Alberti.
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The puppets, equipped with a padded wooden skeleton, are 110 cm. and weigh about 20 kg. The legs are semi-articulated. They have a single maneuvering iron rod as both arms are maneuvered with wires. The puppeteers would operate the puppets from a raised bridge behind the backdrop and lent
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Although the crisis of the middle 19th century caused a significant irregularity of the shows (no longer being represented daily), even today the transmission of this heritage takes place according to traditional methods. To strengthen the process of transmitting the living heritage of the
Sicilian
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Acireale, there is a different maneuvering system according to which the puppets are manipulated from a bridge higher than the proscenium and placed in front of the backdrop. Even the puppets have some differences: they are smaller in size and the main and right arm maneuvers are very long both
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The "Italian
Network of Organizations for the Protection, Promotion, and Enhancement of the Opera dei Pupi: #OPERADEIPUPI.IT#" brings together 13 families and companies of Sicilian puppeteers. Formally established in 2018, it was recognized by the Italian Ministry of Culture as the representative
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If the show itself is the moment of implementation of the oral and intangible heritage of the puppet masters, the objects associated with the Opera dei Pupi (puppets, backdrops and signs, etc.) also constitute a precious heritage of tangible assets capable of restoring the history of the
Sicilian
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In the traditional context, the transmission of this intangible heritage was facilitated by the daily enjoyment of the evening show. By going to the theater evening by evening, one could listen to and watch the stories represented. Observing the masters at work every day thus ensured a successful
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Equipped with a wooden frame, the puppets are provided with real armor, richly decorated and chiseled, and vary in movement according to the "school" they belong to: Palermo, Catania or Naples. They differ in some mechanical and figurative aspects and at times among different individual subjects.
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heroes can be distinguished. Christian warriors have kind faces and symmetrical features, wear a kilt (called faroncina in
Palermo and vesti in Catania) and present their family's respective emblems on their helmets, chestplates and shields allowing the audience to recognize the characters. The
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are maneuvered using threads and metal rods. The so-called main rod, where the threads are attached to in order to control the limbs, passes through the center of the head and connects it to the torso. The upper end of the rod is hooked, allowing the marionette to be temporarily suspended, even
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In
Palermo, the puppeteers arrange themselves on the sides of the stage (for this reason the theater is deeper than it is wide) and, hidden by the side wings, operate on the same level as the puppets by extending their arms. The master puppeteer is located in the right wings (the left of the
675:. Palermo's puppets are about 90 cm high and weigh between 5 and 10 kilos. The legs can perform a pendular movement, have articulated knees and can draw and place the sword in its scabbard thanks to a wire that crosses the right hand and connects the maneuvering iron to the sword hilt.
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The puppeteers, who make up the heritage community of the Opera dei Pupi, are the custodians of a vast and complex heritage that is still transmitted orally from teacher to apprentice, both within the family and outside. It is a heritage that includes the stories represented and the modes of
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From a figurative point of view, one can generically distinguish the characters with armor (armed) from those without (in page). The armor and costumes of the puppets respond to a complex iconographic code and adhere to the nineteenth-century romantic fashion of representing the Middle Ages.
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It is difficult to establish when and where the Opera dei Pupi was born. "The chronicles say that the initiators of the Opera in
Palermo were Don Gaetano Greco (1813–1874) and Don Liberato Canino, while in Catania they were Don Gaetano Crimi (1807–1877) and his antagonist Giovanni Grasso
195:'s List of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in 2001, it dates back to the third decade of the nineteenth century, and was particularly successful among the middle and lower classes, becoming one of Sicily's most significant expressions of history and cultural identity.
284:; but it is also a consequence of ingenious technical inventions which made it possible to give extraordinary effectiveness to combat scenes which become a sort of exalting dance, with a crescendo rhythm and which arouses an intense psychomotory participation in the audience
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Saracens have more marked facial features; they often wear trousers and turbans, and their armor is decorated with half moons and stars. Among the page characters, the more comical characters stand out: in Catania the best known is Peppininu, who acts as a squire for
406:) were displayed outside the theaters; today they are used to decorate the walls of theaters. Painted in bright colors, they represent the different episodes of the Carolingian cycle and would inform the public at what point the narrative the puppeteer had arrived.
324:, upon a candidacy supported by the Association for the conservation of popular traditions, has greatly contributed to relaunching the attention on Sicilian traditional puppet theater. Being the first Italian practice to obtain this important recognition, in
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In the Opera dei Pupi of Catania, the show was accompanied by music played by an orchestra that included plectrum instruments and, sometimes, an accordion and some wind instruments. Today, it is common for productions to use recorded music.
396:" – manages the theater, is the director of the show and animates the puppets, giving suggestions, ardor and pathos to the epic scenes represented. He paints the scenes and advertising posters, and sometimes even builds the puppets.
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Opera dei Pupi and to respond effectively to the challenges of the new millennium, in 2018 the puppet companies gathered in the "Italian Network of Organizations for the Protection, Promotion, and Enhancement of the Opera dei Pupi".
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Recognized in 2001 by Unesco as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of humanity, the Sicilian Opera dei Pupi has two different variants: that of Palermo, in western Sicily, and that of Catania, in eastern Sicily.
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Over time, the Opera dei pupi has gone through some periods of serious crisis: Giuseppe Pitrè recorded its decline at the end of the nineteenth century; a new crisis dates back to the 1930s and was due to the spread of
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However, only in the first decades of the nineteenth century, in Sicily, did the chivalrous repertoire achieve such resounding success as to supplant all the others and determine a series of technical and figurative
618:«In Syracuse, in the historic theaters of the Puzzo family, the puppets, in size, weight, maneuvering system and repertoire are all similar to those of Catania; however, they have legs with a joint at the knee».
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The Opera dei Pupi nourishes the collective imagination, both in the theatrical, cinematographic and artisan fields. For example, in 2015 Girolamo Botta, of Palermo origin, founded the art company G.Botta in
263:, which are still performed today. Studies also show that from the 16th century, shows of chivalry were staged with puppets throughout Europe; and in the 18th century such shows also took place in Sicily and
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in which the French literature of the Middle Ages was freely modified". Published in handouts since 1858, the work written in prose brings together and re-elaborates the poems of cultured literature such as
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traditional puppet theatre including the different phases it went through, the innovations, and the talented artisans who animated it. Among the most representative museums and collections of the
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spectators), directing the show, operating the puppets, improvising the dialogues by lending his voice to all the characters (even female) and creating the sound and light effects.
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The puppeteers are custodians of a vast heritage of stories, performative codes and construction techniques that are still handed down orally from teacher to student today.
534:), positioned behind the backdrop and this position determines the reduced depth of the stage to the advantage of a greater width. From behind the backdrop, some speakers (
914:– part 2, directed by Francis Ford Coppola: in the film from 1974 there is a scene depicting Little Italy during the 1900s where a Sicilian puppet theater is represented.
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are painted in tempera with pastel colors on wrapping paper or on canvas and depict a single scene on which a sheet was affixed that summarized the story of the day.
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are painted in tempera on wrapping paper and depict the most important scene of the evening episode. A removable sheet showing the salient features of the story (
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and Renaud; in Palermo, Nofrio and Virticchio perform in farces, with a licentious and funny tone, which often closed the performance. Farces date back to the
202:) animate the puppets to represent episodes of serialized stories derived from epic-chivalric literature of medieval origin, with particular reference to the
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The show was accompanied by the music of one or more violins which, at the end of the 19th century, were replaced by the barrel organ, still used today.
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Pupo from Catania, Tigreleone. Marionettistica Fratelli Napoli's collection, at the Antonio Pasqualino International Puppet Museum, Palermo
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Among the most famous companies of Campania are those of Angelo Buonandi, the Corellia, the Di Giovannis, Alfredo Farina and Verbale.
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having a hook at the upper end. In Acireale, as in Palermo, the speaker lends his voice to represent both male and female characters.
542:) improvise dramatic dialogues or read the different parts from a stretched script, respectively of the male and female characters.
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1559:. Palermo: Regione Siciliana – CRicd (Centro Regionale per l'inventario, la catalogazione e la documentazione). IT\ICCU\PA1\0024574.
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by Antonio Pasqualino (Sellerio 1977). Narrations and memories of the puppeteers themselves can also be added to this short list.
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Sul filo del racconto. Gaspare Canino e Natale Meli nelle collezioni del Museo internazionale delle marionette Antonio Pasqualino
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There are numerous film appearances of the Opera dei Pupi as well as documentary films produced. Below is a non-exhaustive list:
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In general, the frame is composed of a wooden torso, which the legs are connected to, allowing for a pendular movement. The
1016:. Bologna: Dipartimento delle Arti – Alma Studiorum – University of Bologna, 2013. pp. 210–234. Retrieved in April 2022.
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Web portal of the Italian network of organizations for the protection, promotion and enhancement of the opera dei pupi
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The traditional repertoire of the shows also include historical-romantic narratives, stories of brigands, works by
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C. Coco, I pupi siciliani nella letteratura, nel teatro, nel cinema nella TV e nella musica, Screenpress, 2012.
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As in Catania, the position of the puppeteers determines a greater width of the stage and a reduced depth.
259:(that is, without armor) certainly preceded the armored ones and were used to represent Sicilian tales and
1542:, n. 4, Bologna, Dipartimento delle Arti – Alma Studiorum – Università di Bologna, 2013, pp. 210–234.
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The "Palermo" style of the opera dei pupi characterizes western Sicily and in particular the provinces of
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The "Catania'' style of the Opera dei Pupi characterizes eastern Sicily, in particular the provinces of
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1530:. Vol. 1–2. Palermo: Libreria L. Pedone Lauriel di Carlo Clausen. IT\ICCU\CSA\0020057.
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indicates the manufacturer of the puppets even if today it is used in a more generic sense.
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210:, written by Giusto Lo Dico, that is a "compilation of the Italian chivalric poems of the
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The direction is usually entrusted to one of the speakers who gives instructions to the
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267:(being represented in the theater of Giuseppina d'Errico also known as "Donna Peppa").
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Plan of Measures for the Safeguarding of the Opera dei Pupi, Sicilian Puppets Theatre
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Plan of Measures for the Safeguarding of the Opera dei Pupi, Sicilian Pupept Theatre
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The Ninì Cocivera Collection – Museo cultura e musica popolare dei Peloritani, Gesso
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1076:. Palermo: Associazione per la conservazione delle tradizioni popolari. p. 31.
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their voices to the puppets by reading from a script placed on a sliding lectern.
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of the company, which is the set of objects necessary for the staging of the show
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theatrical representation of Frankish romantic poems traditionally performed in
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Among the main characters of the chivalrous epic of the opera dei pupi are the
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Giovanna Parrino (2011). Selima Giuliano; Orietta Sorgi; Janne Vibaek (eds.).
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The Puglisi Family's Antique Opera dei pupi Collection – Museo civico, Sortino
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during the play; and inclining the rod permits the marionette to be moved.
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Pupo from Palermo, Orlando. Collection of the Company Brigliadoro, Palermo
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https://www.facebook.com/museoantonio.pasqualino/videos/1195305527476116/
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The Childhood of little Roland. Antonio Pasqualino and the Opera dei Pupi
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The Ignazio Buttitta Foundation Collection – Gallery of arti popolari of
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https://www.facebook.com/museoantonio.pasqualino/videos/234200421278612/
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https://www.facebook.com/museoantonio.pasqualino/videos/291253041860919/
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https://www.facebook.com/museoantonio.pasqualino/videos/291253041860919/
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Angelo Sicilia's Marionettistica Popolare Siciliana Cultural Association
1417:. Palermo: Associazione per la conservazione delle tradizioni popolari.
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This was probably due to the delayed effect of the pre-romantic and
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Cultural Association "Opera dei Pupi Messinesi Gargano" (Siracusa):
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Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
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Furthermore, we cannot fail to mention the fundamental studies of
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Giuseppe Pitrè's Sicilian ethnographic Museum Collection, Palermo
1168:"Opera dei pupi, Sicilia Puppet Theatre on the Unesco's website"
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Fiorenzo Napoli's "Marionettistica Fratelli Napoli" (Catania)
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Vincenzo Mancuso's Charlamagne Theatrical Cultural Association
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show, indicating at what point in the cycle they had arrived.
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Associazione per la conservazione delle tradizioni popolari.
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Associazione per la conservazione delle tradizioni popolari.
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Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity
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Stylistic variants of the Catania tradition include that of
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Burattini e marionette tra Cinquecento e Seicento in Italia
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Masterpiece of the oral and intangible heritage of humanity
1550:. Azzano San Paolo: Edizioni Junior. IT\ICCU\RAV\0834826.
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Usi e costumi, credenze e pregiudizi del popolo siciliano
1192:"The Association for the Conservation of Folk Traditions"
946:, directed by Matilde Gadliardo and Francesca Milo, 2014
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Antonio Pasqualino's International Museum of Marionettes
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The "Gaspare Canino" Opera dei Pupi Cultural Association
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I ferri dell'Opra. Il teatro delle marionette siciliane
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I ferri dell'Opra. Il teatro delle marionette siciliane
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I ferri dell'Opra. Il teatro delle marionette siciliane
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I ferri dell'Opra. Il teatro delle marionette siciliane
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generational change and the transmission of knowledge.
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L'Opera dei pupi nel siracusano. Ricerche e contributi
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In addition to the warlike stories, which include the
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Le forme del lavoro. Mestieri tradizionali in Sicilia
1538:, in Giovanni Azzaroni, Giuseppe Liotta (edited by),
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The Nino Canino Collection – Real Cantina Borbonica,
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The puppet and the puppeteer: general characteristics
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and Sebastiano Lo Nigro as well as the book entitled
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Dal Cunto all'opera dei pupi: il teatro di Cuticchio
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Antonio Pasqualino (2018). Alessandro Napoli (ed.).
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La danza di Ares. Forme e simboli delle danze armate
1518:. Catania: Cavallotto Editore. IT\ICCU\PAL\0060142.
1032:. Palermo: Edizioni Museo Pasqualino. p. 208.
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964:, directed by Miriam Cossu Sparagano Ferraye, 2021
839:The Pennisi Theater Collection – Macrì of Acireale
633:Association "Opera dei Pupi Turi Grasso" (Messina)
927:, directed by Roberto Andò and Rita Cedrini, 1983
807:of individual families of puppeteers, there are:
720:Girolamo Cuticchio's TeatroArte Cuticchio Company
705:Vincenzo Argento's Agramante Cultural Association
642:Puglisi Family's Ancient Opera dei Pupi Company (
1579:. Siracusa: SocietĂ siracusana di storia patria.
1478:. Trapani: Celebes editore. IT\ICCU\SBL\0446847.
1433:. Palermo: S. F. Flaccovio. IT\ICCU\SBL\0246827.
1012:, in G. Liotta G., G. Azzaroni G. (edited by),
576:. In addition to these one could also find the
1613:Books written by the heritage community et al.
413:, scenes and props, are part of the so called
1586:L'opera dei pupi a Roma, a Napoli e in Puglia
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1571:, n. 12–13, Palermo, 1980, pp. 533–553.
312:The proclamation of the Opera dei pupi as a
1364:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU8Wpb5haxE
1352:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvDNqdNYm_k
708:The "Franco Cuticchio" Cultural Association
402:To promote the shows, advertising posters (
552:In Catania, the repertoire also included:
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1506:. Palermo: Sellerio. IT\ICCU\PAL\0034046.
377:, comic representations derived from the
1350:See full video, with English subtitles:
736:Subsequent diffusion of the puppet opera
1302:Perricone, Rosario (edited by) (2020).
1286:Perricone, Rosario (edited by) (2020).
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906:, directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1967
890:Film appearances and reinterpretations:
639:The family Vaccaro-Mauceri" (Syracuse):
78:Opera dei Pupi, Sicilian puppet theatre
1487:. Palermo: Edizioni Museo Pasqualino.
1431:Cultura figurativa popolare in Sicilia
1398:. Palermo: Edizioni Museo Pasqualino.
1106:"Compagnia Corelli – Un po' di storia"
526:). They operate from a raised bridge (
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1662:Video example on official UNESCO site
1629:, Vol.II; Edizioni Youcanprint, 2013.
1627:Nuovo repertorio per l'opera dei pupi
952:, directed by Alessandra Grassi, 2018
603:The variants of Acireale and Siracusa
208:The History of the Paladins of France
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1622:, Lussografica, Caltanissetta, 2016.
958:, directed by Giovanna Taviani, 2021
940:, directed by Maurizio Sciarra, 2008
1459:Pupi e pupari a Siracusa: 1875-1975
86:UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
27:Typical sicilian marionette theatre
1442:. Acireale-Roma: Bonanno editore.
748:The Opera dei Pupi is attested in
717:Cuticchio Figli d'Arte Association
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1636:Valentina Venturini, ed. (2003).
861:The Opera dei Pupi Collection of
852:The Agostino Profeta Collection,
784:were also represented in Naples.
933:, directed by Roberto Andò, 1990
360:Among the armed characters, the
1389:Rosario Perricone, ed. (2021).
1230:Plan of Measures..., op. cit.,
384:The puppeteer – also known as "
1516:Il teatro con i pupi siciliani
1476:Storia dei paladini di Francia
1461:. Roma: Editrice meridionale.
842:The Gesualdo Pepe Collection,
832:The Ignazio Munna Collection,
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1014:«Antropologia e Teatro», n. 4
651:The Opera dei Pupi of Palermo
494:The Opera dei Pupi of Catania
1438:Ignazio E. Buttitta (2014).
1130:The Sicilian Puppets, op.cit
1128:Pasqualino, Antonio (2003).
1070:Pasqualino, Antonio (2003).
485:The Opera dei Pupi in Sicily
421:Transmission of the heritage
255:(1792–1863)". The so-called
1620:L'opera dei pupi in Sicilia
1502:Antonio Pasqualino (2008).
1485:Rerum palatinorum fragmenta
1413:Antonio Pasqualino (2003).
1318:See the full video: Part 1
1196:www.museodellemarionette.it
1148:www.museodellemarionette.it
1086:Perricone, Rosario (2013).
1052:Perricone, Rosario (2013).
1026:Perricone, Rosario (2021).
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1593:Antonino Buttitta (1988).
1565:Come si costruisce un pupo
1457:Giuseppe Guarraci (1975).
1429:Antonino Buttitta (1961).
599:) was pinned to the sign.
554:Erminio della Stella d'Oro
446:in the service of Emperor
1575:Antonino Uccello (1965).
900:, directed by Steno, 1952
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1214:In particular, the term
118:Europe and North America
1378:Scientific publications
1334:See full video: part 1
904:Che cosa sono le nuvole
798:Museums and collections
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1607:. IT\ICCU\CFI\0098085.
1597:. Palermo: Flaccovio.
1497:. IT\ICCU\PAL\0318330.
1474:Giusto Lodico (1971).
1452:. IT\ICCU\PAL\0282397.
1408:. IT\ICCU\PAL\0351452.
1104:Associazione Corelli.
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694:The heritage community
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622:The heritage community
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198:The puppeteers (named
178:"Opera of the Puppets"
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1584:Janne Vibaek (1996).
1546:Massimo Calì (2002).
1540:Antropologia e Teatro
768:Cycle of the Paladins
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1563:Antonio Pasqualino,
1512:Fortunato Pasqualino
1415:The Sicilian Puppets
1304:Plan of Measures...,
1288:Plan of Measures...,
1268:"The opera dei pupi"
1144:"Antonio Pasqualino"
1073:The Sicilian Puppets
1008:Perricone, Rosario,
938:n viaggio con i Pupi
931:Per filo e per segno
578:Belisario of Messina
574:Guelfo of Negroponte
566:Farismane and Siface
558:Guido of Santa Croce
540:parraturi/parlatrice
246:, and short farces.
225:Gerusalemme Liberata
44:Pupi marionettes in
1534:Rosario Perricone,
1247:www.operadeipupi.it
869:Modern developments
392:" and, in Naples, "
232:William Shakespeare
124:Inscription history
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