Tonight Wednesday 13 April at 21:00 we will have a guest on our YouTube channel Massimiliano Palmesano for the presentation of his new essay "The Deer Man: pantomime, ritual and mythโJust released for Stamperia del Valentino.
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THE DEER MAN: PANTOMIME, RITE AND MYTH
A mysterious ritual, a living legacy of ancient times, is renewed every year within the celebrations of the carnival of Castelnuovo a Volturno, in Molise. A fantastic being, The Cierv, furious and wild Deer Man, dies and is cyclically reborn, a solar symbol and of the regeneration of nature, living testimony of an ancient cosmic-agrarian myth. Following in his footsteps, a very long journey through time and space leads us to a magical realm in which ecstatic shamans, farmers and hunters are the keepers of the archaic cult of the deer god.
MASSIMILIANO PALMESANO
Massimiliano Palmesano, "archaeologist of words", is an independent researcher. He deals with the anthropology of the sacred, the history of religions and folklore with particular reference to southern Italy and the Mediterranean area. He earned a master's degree in Modern Literature with a thesis in Visual History, title: โErnesto de Martino and photography. the question of the figurative Atlas of tears ". Thesis of the three-year degree on: โSubaltern culture and marginality in modern history: the reflection of Carlo Ginzburgโ. He published the book "The Deer Man: Pantomime, ritual and myth", (2022, publishing house" Stamperia del Valentino ", Naples). He edited (2021, with Fiorenzo Marino) the catalog-guide of the Museum of Peasant and Artisan Civilization of Pignataro Maggiore; he collaborates with websites and magazines and is the editor of the blog Microsphere.
