A Museum of Instruments and Popular Music from Calabria
By Francesco Tirinato – Jump Team Traditional Calabrian music is rooted in sounds and dances that for centuries have marked moments and anniversaries in…
Entroido: the ancient tradition of Galician Carnival
We start the most colorful celebration of the year and with it come the troupes, the party, the delirium, and the debauchery. As we…
Hermit of Monte Stella – A catholic sanctuary inside a cave
By Francesca Politi – JUMP Team Calabria offers to the eye of the visitor the charm of the sacred with its spiritual side made…
The master potters of Gerocarne
By Francesco Tirinato – Jump Team Gerocarne is a small village located on the Tyrrhenian side of the “Calabrian Serre”. Doubts remain about the origin…
What is Morris dancing?
Morris dancing is a celebration, a display of dance and music performed at seasonal festivals and holidays to banish the dark of winter, celebrate…
Chiacchiere – The typical delicious Calabrian Carnival sweet
By Ylenia Azzaro – JUMP Team (Italy) It’s almost Carnival in Italy and we are ready to celebrate these days with many sweets and…
Halloween traditions in the UK
Halloween is a well-known celebration for people around the world. In the UK we celebrate Halloween a little bit more than in the European…
“Calabrisella”: the traditional song of Calabria
By Francesco Tirinato – Jump Team Popular love songs have always been at the heart of Calabrian tradition. When a young man fell in…
Calabrian “Stonehenge” – Geological Heritage
By Francesca Politi – JUMP Team Mysteriously hidden in the Calabrian woods there are archeological sites with megaliths as protagonists. Whether they are evidence…
The “Vasche and Vivarium” of Cassiodoro in Copanello di Stalettì, a spiritual, cultural and scientific nourishment for all humanity
By Ylenia Azzaro (JUMP Team – Italy) In the province of Catanzaro, along the “Coast of Oranges”, there are the beautiful “Vasche and Vivarium”…