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9 to 16 March 2008 the European Union, Regione
Puglia, the Province of Lecce, Unione dei
Comuni della Grecìa Salentina and Istituto
Diego Carpitella promote the event “Chants
of Passion”, festival of folk music
dedicated to the Passion of Christ.
The event will take place in the Salento region, in the territory of
the Grecìa Salentina (Calimera, Carpignano Salentino,
Castrignano dei Greci, Corigliano d’Otranto, Cutrofiano,
Martano, Martignano, Melpignano, Sternatia, Soleto,
Zollino), and in the Municipalities of Alessano,
Lecce and Galatina.
The Authorities involved prove their attention to
the preservation and revival of traditions and expressions
of Salentine culture, particularly that of Grecìa
Salentina.
In the “grika” area of the Salento region
popular poetry reaches one of its highest expression
in the events telling life and death of Jesus Christ,
through the Chants of Passion and Santu Lazzaru.
This heritage, together with that coming from different
national and international cultures present in the
event, is the mainstay of a liberation and a revival
of our identity, an element of spiritual and cultural
growth, a development opportunity too
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