The night of Taranta

The night of Taranta Salento Puglia

1998 in August, several countries of Greece are a natural stage of Salento Taranta Night .this is a great music festival that was established with the purpose of recovering the Salento pinches a dance obsessive and repetitive sound of incessant sound of drum, according to ancient traditions that served to free the victim of the bite, imaginary, poison spider.this dance was used to dissolve the spell of frantic resulting from the bite, and they danced until the poison does not exhaust its effect in this festival, now grown over the years, until it has become an event of great appeal to the national level but also international issues, there is a merger of pinching other musical genres such as jazz or rock.attend the festival each year, major international artists.since 2007 the musician Mauro Pagani directs the orchestra of the night of Taranta care and the artistic direction of the final concert that concludes this festival itinerant Melpignano.many places in Salento, with their cozy cottages give you the opportunity to enjoy the magic of this spectacular festival.