Description: Sorrentina - ITALY - Tarantella - DANCE: Tarantella is a group of various folk dances characterized by a fast upbeat tempo, usually in 6/8 time (sometimes 18/8 or 4/4), accompanied by tambourines. It is among the most recognized forms of traditional southern Italian music. The specific dance-name varies with every region, for instance tammuriata in Campania, pizzica in the Salento region, Sonu a ballu in Calabria. Tarantella is popular in Southern Italy and Argentina. In the Italian Taranto, Apulia, the bite of a locally common type of wolf spider, named "tarantula" after the region, was popularly believed to be highly poisonous and to lead to a hysterical condition known as tarantism. This became known as the Tarantella. The Tarantella is a dance in which the dancer and the drum player constantly try to upstage each other by dancing longer or playing faster than the other, subsequently tiring one person out first. This Divided Back Era (1907-15) postcard features from Tarantella dancers from Sorrento near Naples. The card is in good condition.
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Country/Region of Manufacture: Italy
Theme: International Cities & Towns
Dance: Tarantella Sorrentina
"Tarantula": Wolf Spider
Southern Italy: Tambourines
Country: Italy
Culture: Ethnicity
Type: Printed (Lithograph)
Features: Dance
City/Region: Sorrento
Postage Condition: Unposted
Era: Divided Back (c. 1907-1915)
