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place ?”. It ’ s hospitality , but control of territory too , a clear role declaration ; I ’ m in charge here , while you are just a guest .
“ It doesn ’ t matter to me where are you from , the door is open and I have to give you an opportunity , otherwise how can I know if we could be friends ?”, Vincenzo , a goatherd and bagpiper , explained to me their sense of hospitality .
Friendship here is a matter of respect , as is the rules of traditional dance . Before fascism was imposed , the word Tarantella was used to describe folk music , a lively , local tradition , where couples stepped to a fast beat exhibiting a flirtatious behaviour . A tambourine kept an obsessive 6 / 8 rhythm , accompanied by an accordion , or bagpipe the two never played together . Musicians used to define themselves as players , due to no theoretical study of music . The better players displayed standards that highlighted their own
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