Traditional music in Matera

As I've mentioned on other posts, the wealthy 1% rarely Interacted with the rest of the people, most of whom lived in poverty or extreme poverty. One exception had to do with times, often holidays, when the wealthy slaughtered livestock for food. The poor would climb up to the wealthy street and sing their request to be given those parts of the animal that the wealthy usually didn't want-- basically, the innards.
The video is an actual old and traditional song that was sung at those times, asking for that benefit. The singer is Eustachio. He is one of the last people who lived in the sassi (see another post) before it was evacuated. So even as a young boy, he lived this. The instrument is called a cupacupa. It is handmade, using a bamboo stick, a pigskin and a ceramic jar.Read more