Template:Did you know nominations/Maggio di Accettura

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 18:31, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

Maggio di Accettura

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The uniting of trees during the Maggio di Accettura

... that the festival of Maggio di Accettura in Italy, which includes a ceremony where two trees are united, has been interpreted as blending a pagan ritual with the veneration of St. Julian? Source: Ferrarini, Lorenzo; Scaldaferri, Nicola (2020). Sonic Ethnography: Identity, heritage and creative research practice in Basilicata, southern Italy. Manchester University Press. pp. 21–23. ISBN 978 1 5261 5200 8. p. 24. "The uniting of two (gendered) trees at springtime has led a number of scholars to suggest that the Maggio represents a powerful atavistic rite of natural renewal. These interpretations often distinguish between a primordial layer, consisting of the pagan ritual of the marriage of the trees, and a much more recent addition in the form of the Christian cult of St Julian."
- ALT1: ... that the festival of Maggio di Accettura in Italy, dedicated to the Christian martyr St. Julian, might have pagan origins or be linked to Langobard history? Source: Ferrarini, Lorenzo; Scaldaferri, Nicola (2020). Sonic Ethnography: Identity, heritage and creative research practice in Basilicata, southern Italy. Manchester University Press. pp. 21–23. ISBN 978 1 5261 5200 8. p. 24. "Whether its origins lie in an episode of Langobard history, are inspired by revolutionary liberty trees or derive from even earlier pre-Christian cults (Filardi 2001), the Maggio festival is clearly distinctive on account of its deliberate anachronism evident, for example, in the procedures used to raise the tree or in the way its components are transported to the village."
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Overall: Very nice article about a largely unknown festival in southern Italy. Length and creation time are ok, AGF on the offline sources. Hooks are both interesting, anyway I prefer ALT1. The picture is free and clear, the copyvio tool could not detect any copywrite detection. No QPQ required. Good to go! Alex2006 (talk) 10:40, 24 March 2024 (UTC)