Presentation of the essay by Giovanni Cardone Rituals and Rituals at the Museum of Identity of Torre Annunziata

On Friday, June 28th, 6.30pm, at the Palazzo Criscuolo Museum of Torre Annunziata, the essay Rites and Rituals will be presented in Naples, Campania and southern Italy published by Prospettiva editrice, sponsored by the Municipality of Torre Annunzaita, the event was promoted and organized "Nicolò D'Alagno" Historical Studies Center and from the Archeoclub of Italy - Section of Torre Annunziata "Mario Prosperi". Moderator: Vincenzo Marasco, President of the “Nicolò D’Alagno” Historical Studies Center, author of the chapter Maria S.S. of the Snow: history and legend of a miraculous discovery. Speakers: Prof. Mirella Azzurro, professor and presiding Archeoclub - Section of Torre Annunziata "Mario Prosperi", Prof. Rosario Pinto Art Historian and Art Critic will intervene the author: Prof. Giovanni Cardone Art Historian and Critic Art. On the cover, artwork by the artist Amedeo Gabucci in art deò. This essay of mine wants to tell a historical, anthropological and ethnological path of ritual that turns into rituality, I think: “that we are the custodians of evocative events such as: Legends, Myths, the Cult all moments well narrated by two great Ernesto De Martino and Roberto De Simone. I wanted to re-evaluate the figure of the great Neapolitan anthropologist who had to partly fight against the great thinkers of the time. In this research he brought out all that popular language that Amalia Signorelli beautifully describes in his interview with Sergio Torsello in 2005. At the same time, I did not want to forget that part of the myth, of religious worship and legends, for this I mentioned the miracle of San Gennaro and at the same time the Mithraic cult and later the fundamental figures of our popular culture Pulcinella, Vesuvius, the Sibilla Cumana, Virgil the Magician, Raimondo di Sangro Prince of San Severo and the Veiled Christ up to the various Madonnas starting from the Madonna di Piedigrotta up to the Madonna Immacolata celebrated in Torre del Greco ”. Without neglecting the solstitial cult of St. John the Baptist, up to the Tammurriata and the language of the Taranta always described by De Martino. I didn't want to forget Sicily telling the Cult of Santa Rosalia, Sant’Agata and Santa Lucia and the Mysteries of Trapani. The Rites and Rituals wants to have the ambition to tell a historical-anthropological path with new research elements but at the same time not different from that which is our Tradition without forgetting its popular origins that are at the base of our millenary culture.

Biography
 Giovanni Cardone Essayist, art historian and art critic, professor of History of Modern and Contemporary Art at academic, university and higher education institutions. He has directed important public galleries of contemporary art and has carried out research and study activities in academic contexts and in university and higher education institutions. In 2014 he became Honorary Academician of the Swiss Italian University while in 2015 he was awarded the Honorary Degree in History of Art at the Swiss Italian University.