For tomorrow (June 21st), from 9pm to 11pm, the Massa State Archives is organizing an evening dedicated to Song of May one of the oldest forms of popular theatre.
As he explains Yuri Damiano Brugiatidirector of the identity museum of the upper Garfagnana, was set up in the premises of the State archive of Massa, a great archival exhibition for the valorization of the heritage on the theme of Sing May and the exhibition itinerary will allow us to understand this ancient popular rite through notices, posters, brochures and documents.
The conference will open with a speech by the director of the State Archives of Massa Francesca Nepori. An evening continues Yuri Damiano Brugiati during which with Peter Coppo, vice president of the cultural association old town of Gorfigliano, we will tell the story of the Canto del Maggio in Gorfigliano in Garfagnana. We will pay homage to the writer Luigi Casotti “dal Bozzo” (1940-2009) author of numerous Maggi for the Compagnia Maggianti of Gorfigliano and MiniMaggi for the children of the elementary schools of Gorfigliano, Pieve San Lorenzo and Piazza al Serchio in Garfagnana. “My father Giuseppe Brugiati will sing some ‘Ottave’ of Maggio written by Luigi Casotti ‘dal Bozzo’ – says Brugiati -. The Eighth is the most prestigious and important part of a May in Garfagnana. Also speaking will be Claudio Palandrani, president of the Apuamater association, and Nedda Mariotti, director of the Antonia Museum – As we were. Ancient stage costumes from the Antona Museum ‘How we were’ will be exhibited. The event is organized with the collaboration of the Apuamater Association, the Antona Museum ‘How we were’, the museum of the identity of the upper Garfagnana and the cultural association of the old town of Gorfigliano”.
“The illustration at the exhibition, set up by the archive staff, will be curated by the director Francesca Nepori. The extraordinary opening is part of the national project of the Ministry of Culture ‘2024 Valorisation Plan’, aimed at the promotion and valorisation of the documentary heritage preserved at the State Archives to which the State Archives of Massa, also this year, joins with a local historical theme of great interest”.
