Nastya: the rebirth of the Yarákä is a ritual

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Nastya: the rebirth of the Yarákä is a ritual

Rituals and popular beliefs in the Tarantino reportage

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It has been online since Wednesday 6 July the reportage that tells Nastya, the new project of Yarákä, a band from Taranto dedicated to the research and musical revisitation of traditions revisited in a world key. The popular sounds of the South of the world meet the rediscovery of Taranto dialect, a combination that becomes the stylistic signature of this path.

Nastya from the Greek anastasis (rebirth) is a project that finds its central fulcrum in rituality: the goal is to sublimate in music the ancestral relationship between man and nature played between primitive spirituality and popular beliefs.

Nastya’s journey unfolds throughout southern Italy, from Puglia to Sicily, starting from the old city of Taranto, the frame of the reportage born to tell the genesis of the ensemble and the work of Research carried out with the aim of rediscovering and enhancing the traditions of the past.

For this i unreleased songs draw from ancient texts, including: Maletìmbeinvocation to St. John recited in an ancient ritual which consisted in throwing bread to the 4 winds to ward off bad weather; Tuppe tuppea song in the Tarantino dialect of Holy Week born in the streets of the old city, based on the music of Cacace’s Hymn to Dead Christ; Fascinatedphrases and conjurations used during the emaciation, a secret ritual to heal from physical or mental ailments once unknown.

Running in preview of some live songs alternates with tale of the new repertoire. This story takes place in the streets of the old city of Taranto, the beating heart of Taranto: from Church of San Domenico at the Church of Sant’Andrea degli Armeni passing through the paleo-Christian hypogeum “Lair de la sirena”. The music of the Yarakä, from Taranto doc, becomes an instrument to spread in an authentic way through the use of the city dialect the ideals and the millenary history of the city of the two seas.

The reportage, directed by the director Gabriele Vitaleis manufactured by Zero Nove Nove with the contribution of Puglia Sounds Producer 2022 – operation financed under the POC PUGLIA 2007-2013 – Action “Development of cultural and entertainment activities”.

Who are the Yarákä?

Yarákä it is a project that is careful to enhance the multi-ethnic component, in particular the common rhythmic matrix coming from Africa, which acts as a catalyst and allows you to go further by experimenting bold contaminations with Mediterranean and Southern Italian sounds.

The main pillar of the ensemble is the rediscovery of the dialect of Tarantoa character that makes the musical research of the band formed by unique Gianni Sciambarruto (guitar, berimbau), Virginia Pavone (voice and percussion) e Simone Carrino (ethnic percussion).

In the 2018 they release their debut album Invocaçãoin 2021 the single Maletímbe. In the 2018-21 they have performed in some festivals including Ethnos (Generations finalists), Parodi Award (finalists), Raizes (Catania), Bari in Jazz, Il Cammino Celeste, Due Mari Wine Fest, Bari Brasil Film Fest, etc. In 2019 they are also the protagonists of a mini tour in Austria (Vienna and Linz) e Germany (Munich and Regen).

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