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Villaputzu (Ca) - Tradition and Beauty
Villaputzu (Ca) - Tradition and Beauty
Villaputzu is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 45 km northeast of Cagliari. It is located in a short plain created by the Flumendosa's mouth, next to the Sarrabus hill. Villaputzu borders the following municipalities: Armungia, Arzana, Ballao, Escalaplano, Jerzu, Muravera, Perdasdefogu, San Vito, Ulassai, Villasalto. Villaputz and the Sarrabus are considered the birthplace of the launeddas musical instrument.It is found in the shelter of the hills of Sarrabus, in a flood tract at the mouth of the Flumendosa. The surrounding countryside is rich in natural attractions: mountains, holm oaks and junipers, corbezzoli and filiree, in the middle of which live partridges, hares and wild pigs; whereas the area of the marshes and swamps and at the mouths of the water courses are rich in rushes, mats, tamarici, cane and willows, folaghe, germani reali, herons and other valuable examples. The two mines of "Gibbas" and "S'Acqua Arrubia", abundant at the beginning of the century, were rich in silver and silver nickel. Of geological interest there is also "IS Angurtidorgius" the carsica grotto the largest on Sardinia. Testifying to the human sediment already in the III millenium B.C. is the domus de janas, but more numerous are the remains of the nuragica age. The Phoeniceoans founded, near the estuary of Flumendosa, a river port from 600 B.C., Sarcapos, singled out by the height of Santa Maria. In the territory of Villaputzu there is testimony also of the ages of the Vandals and Byzantine, thanks to the discovery of ceramic from the VI-VII centuries A.D. In the Middle Ages, with the name "Villa Pupus", it was part of the curatory of Sarrabus, in Giudicato of Cagliari. Following the fall of the Giudicato of Cagliari, the territory wa expropriated by the Gallura and Giovanni Visconti also took possession of the Castle of Quirra. The Castle was in the middle of the events and central to the fight between the Aragons and the Giudicato of Arborea, and is interwoven the story of Villaputzu. In 1323, the territory and the Castle going back to the XII century, was given in feud to Berengario Carroz. For its coastal position it suffered diverse raids by the Moors, of which was defended thanks to the Tower of Porto Corallo, constructed by the Spanish in the XVI century, and the Fortress of Gibas. At the foot of the Castle of Quirra, of which remain few ruins, it is possible to admire the small Roman church of San Nicola of Quirra. Around the town dominates the parrochial church of San Giorgio, in gothic-catalanian style. The bay of Porto Corallo and the beach of Quirra are the coastal gems of Villaputzu, while the countryside is very fertile, because it lies to the north of the Flumendosa estuary, on a small sun-kissed plain. All round the village are rocky outcrops and torrents, with dense woods of ilex, myrtle and strawberry trees, home to the rare griffon vulture.The territory of Villaputzu is attractive and varied, offering a medley of all the attractions of southern Sardinia: at Is Paulatzas, crystal clear waterfalls burble until the month of May amongst the granite rocks and pink oleanders; in the hinterland are abandoned mines; along the coast, to the north of the village, is the Quirra lagoon, stretching behind the long deserted beach.The area of Quirra in part comes under a military easement and has thus been preserved from beach resort development. Quirra is the ideal place for lovers of “no-kiosk beaches”; the lagoon is home to flamingos, heron, swans and the other bird species inhabiting the 10 lagoons of southern Sardinia. A marina, overlooked by a Spanish tower (16th century) has recently been constructed in the historic mooring area from which, starting from the 17th century, divers set out to harvest coral; subsequently it was used to load the minerals and metals mined in the Sarrabus (silver, lead, antimony, fluorite and barite).The first peoples to settle in the fertile territory of Villaputzu were the proto-Sardinians who in the 3rd millennium BC built the rock-cut tombs (domus de janas) of Is Angurtidorgius. In the 7th century BC, the Phoenicians founded the settlement of Sarcapos just outside today’s village: the ruins of the acropolis can still be seen on the hill of S. Maria.The historic nucleus of Villaputzu developed round the parish church of San Giorgio but the greatest architectural gem of the town lies to the north, at km 83 of state road 125: the beautiful isolated church of San Nicola di Quirra, a rare example of Romanesque architecture built entirely in red brick, between the 13th and 14th centuries.From the church can be seen the high spur crowned by the ruins of the Castle of Quirra (about 1150), which is reached by a signposted footpath. The effort of the steep uphill walk is amply repaid by the spectacular view over the long beach and deep blue sea. Villaputzu (in sardo Biddeputzi) e un co
Villaputzu (Ca) - Un maestro di Launeddas
Villaputzu (Ca) - Un maestro di Launeddas
The launeddas (also called triple clarinet or triplepipe) is a typical Sardinian woodwind instrument, consisting of three pipes. It is polyphonic and played using circular breathing. An ancient instrument, dating back to at least the 8th century BC, launeddas are still played during religious ceremonies and dances (su ballu).Distinctively, they are played using extensive variations on a few melodic phrases, and a single song can last over an hour, producing some of the "most elemental and resonant (sounds) in European music".Launeddas are used to play a complex style of music that has achieved some international attention, especially Efisio Melis, Antonio Lara, Dionigi Burranca and Luigi Lai. Melis and Lara were the biggest stars of the 1930s golden age of launedda, and each taught their style to apprentices like Lara's Aureliu Porcu.Launeddas consist of three reed pipes, two five-holed chanters of different lengths and one drone. They are played using circular breathing. Le launeddas sono uno strumento musicale policalamo ad ancia battente, originario della Sardegna. E uno strumento di origini antichissime in grado di produrre polifonia, e suonato con la tecnica della respirazione circolare ed e costruito utilizzando diversi tipi di canne.Lo strumento e formato da tre canne che possono avere diverse misure e spessore, e terminano con la cabitzina dove e ricavata l'ancia.Il basso (basciu o tumbu) e la canna piu lunga e fornisce una sola nota: quella della tonica su cui e intonato l'intero strumento (nota di "pedale" o "bordone"), ed e privo di fori. La seconda canna (mancosa manna) ha la funzione di produrre le note dell'accompagnamento e viene legata con spago impeciato al basso (formando la croba).La terza canna (mancosedda) e libera, ed ha la funzione di produrre le note della melodia. Sulla mancosa e sulla mancosedda vengono intagliati a distanze prestabilite quattro fori rettangolari per la diteggiatura delle note musicali. Un quinto foro (arreffinu) e praticato nella parte terminale delle canne (opposta all'ancia).Le ance, realizzate sempre in canna, sono semplici, battenti ed escisse in unico taglio sino al nodo.L'accordatura viene effettuata appesantendo o alleggerendo le ance con l'ausilio di cera d'api.Per la costruzione delle Launeddas non si usa la canna palustre phragmites australis, bensi la canna di fiume arundo donax, o canna comune, e la arundo pliniana turra, detta canna masca o cann'e Seddori, un tipo particolare di canna che cresce principalmente nel territorio compreso fra Samatzai, Sanluri e Barumini.La canna comune viene utilizzata per la costruzione de su tumbu e delle ance, mentre sa cann'e Seddori viene utilizzata per la costruzione della mancosa e della mancosedda.Rispetto alla canna comune infatti presenta una distanza internodale molto maggiore, che puo arrivare a diverse decine di centimetri, ed uno spessore notevole, che la rende piu robusta e conferisce allo strumento un timbro particolare.La mancosedda della Mediana ha la particolarita di avere cinque fori per la diteggiatura, di cui il primo o l'ultimo sono otturati con cera per ottenere rispettivamente la Mediana propriamente detta (o Mediana sciutta) e la Mediana a pippia. Lo stesso accorgimento e utilizzato nello Spinellu. Tutti gli strumenti possono essere costruiti in varie tonalita.Strumenti congeneri, suonati con tecniche simili, sono presenti nell'Africa Settentrionale ed in Medio Oriente, rivelando la frequentazione e lo scambio reciproco dei Sardi con queste aree nelle epoche passate. L'uso delle launeddas e attestato in un arco temporale che va dalla preistoria, come si evince dal celebre bronzetto itifallico (nuragico), ritrovato ad Ittiri, rappresentante presumibilmente un suonatore di launeddas e, attraverso varie vicissitudini e con le modificazioni dovute al riuso, sino ai nostri giorni.Le occasioni d'utilizzo, laiche o religiose, contemplavano l'esecuzione di brani originali; e credibile l'uso in rituali magico-rituali, come nel caso dei riti dell'argia, analoghi alle tarantolate dell'Italia Meridionale o altri riti consimili e, per trasposizione sincretica, all'attuale uso religioso.Il ballo sardo, che vanta una maggiore sopravvivenza e ricchezza di Nodas o Picchiadas (frasi musicali), pur rivelando una sua specificita, deve essere necessariamente ricondotto ai balli orgiastico-cultuali in cerchio attorno agli officianti o al fuoco dei riti primitivi e questo e dimostrato dal fatto che, in epoca storica, l'occasione di ballo era indissolubilmente legata al ciclo dell'annata agraria, svolta nei sagrati delle chiese o d'antichi siti sacri.Sino agli inizi degli anni sessanta, il suonatore (o piu di uno) si poneva al centro di un cerchio di ballerini (su Ballu Tundu), che tenendosi per mano ruotavano lentamente attorno allo stesso, andando avanti e indietro al ritmo della musica, secondo uno schema ossessivo ed ipnotico che prevedeva diversi tipi di passo e di movenze codificati,

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