Do you know the true story of “Vitti ‘na Crozza? Sara Favarò tells it with her book in Comitini

As part of the Bc Sicilia exhibition “30 books in 30 days”, Sara Favarò’s book “The true story of Vitti ‘na crozza” will be presented on Saturday 20 April in Comitini. Authors, mysteries, death, mines”.

Appointment at 6pm at Palazzo Bellacera. at the Bellacera Baronial Palace. Speeches are expected from Luigi Nigrelli, mayor of Comitini; Benedetto Ranieri, president of the municipal library of Comitini, and Mariza Rusignolo, literary critic. Conclusions by Alfonso Lo Cascio, regional president of BC Sicily. The archaeologist Viviana Caparelli coordinates the meeting. The author will be present.

The book

The song “Vitti ‘na crozza” is known for its catchy refrain and is often considered an anthem of Sicily. However, its origin dates back to the 1950s and is set in the terrible and inhuman atmosphere of the Sicilian sulfur mines. Sara Favarò performed an analytical study of the song, restoring the truthfulness of its origins and meaning. The author also reveals the name of its author and its composer. The latter had to fight for the recognition of the musical paternity of the song which was the subject of various textual and musical reworkings until the addition of “larallallerulallerulalà”, which sounds like an offense to the dignity of those who died in the belly of the earth. The first version of the song is the one that can be heard as the theme song for the film “The Path of Hope” by Pietro Germi.

The author

Sara Favarò, awarded the honor of Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic by the President of the Republic for her commitment and dedication in the cultural and artistic field, is a writer sensitive to social issues. Her literary production, which boasts around a hundred publications, is vast and varied: fiction, non-fiction, theatre, children’s literature, ethno-anthropological research. You are a freelance journalist and you collaborate with national and foreign newspapers. She was the founder, in 1980, of the ethno-rock group Sikelia, she brought their music far from overused folkloristic clichés around the world. In the 70s you founded, with others, a theater company performing the best comedies of the Sicilian repertoire. Author of theatrical texts that she takes around with the “Sikelia art group” she founded, she acts for cinema, theater and television.