The tarantolato rhythm of the pizzica in the Griko villages

Tarantismo and the dance of the Pizzica are hypnotic and enthralling phenomena capable of bewitching those who attend the events scheduled in so many villages in Salento's Grecía and even beyond the borders of the enclave where Griko is still spoken: Awaiting the Final Concert of the Notte della Taranta scheduled for 23 August in Melpignano (in this village, the Mother Church of San Giorgio and the Palazzo Marchesale Castriota for its garden and prison cell with its walls full of engravings should be visited) in the square of the former Convent of the Augustinian Fathers, directed by concertmaster David Krakauer with choreography by Fredy Franzutti, there are performances every evening in Zollino, Castrignano dei Greci, Martano and Galatina in which to go wild and lose all inhibitions to choral dancing will come naturally.