The polka is a dance originating in Bohemia and Germany.
 And 'arrived in Italy after the Austrian domination.

This dance is typically Italian, born in the south

The Name "Tarantella" probably result from the "tarantula" Time dialect of southern Italian region to designate the Lycosa tarantula or tarentula, a venomous spider common in southern Europe. So the dance of the tarantella and nia partly related to the therapy of the tarantula bite. THE TRADITION entrusted to spider venom Questo diverse effects, the belief that one of Premises: melancholy, convulsions, discount psychic agitation, Physical pain and moral suffering. Who thought he was bitten or State Being bitten by a tarantula (but also Scorpions, insects, reptiles or several) tend to exaggerate and Dynamism of the United Nations appealed ONE choreo-musical therapy, particularly effective during the feast of Saints Peter and Paul, that through the 'Practice insistence dance, led to the expulsion of the poison through sweat and Moods. For studying the phenomenon of tarantism Crucial to Italy and work of Ernesto De Martino (eg "The land of remorse"). Not all forms of dance were still tied to one-time phenomenon condensed. We danced on the occasion also publish (religious festivals, pilgrimages to shrines, anniversaries agriculture) and private (weddings, christenings ..) come Expression of religiosity and joy. Not negligible and the ancestry of which some historians attribute to the Music City of Taranto for The Origins of Dance, formerly called Tarantedde.