The Tarantella Dancers: Beyond the Breaking
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In Southern Italy, in the region of Calabria, in the province of Catanzaro, in the villa of Soveria Simeri where my grandfather was born, there is a legend. I don't remember where or when I heard it, but I'm sure it was my grandmother who told it to me. The legend says that the bite of the tarantula inflicts upon its victims the dreaded tarantolismo. These unfortunates are doomed to dance the earth forever in a frenetic attempt to rid their bodies of the fatal poison injected by the tarantu...






















