Tammorra, Tammurriata are typical musical instrument, dance and song of Scafati town

Tammorra is a percussion musical instrument. It is a drum made with animal skin (almost always goat or sheep) stretched on a circular wooden frame. The frame is that of the sieves for the flour, to which they are fixed, in pairs, small tin disks called cicere or cimbale obtained from the cans used for the preserves. Its diameter is between 35 and 65 cm. The frame above which the skin is stretched is usually held from the bottom by the left hand, while the right beats rhythmically; the way of holding the tammorra is important: If the instrument is held with the left hand and beaten with the right it is said to be played in the masculine manner. The opposite, however is said to be played in the feminine way. From the instrument comes the name of tammurriata or even song " ncopp 'o tamburo " , a musical form and a dance closely related to Marian rites .

The feast of Madonna dei Bagni is one of the most important and evocative of the Campania region. This festival takes place in the period of the Ascension, in the churchyard of the Church of the Madonna di Bagni with dances, songs and folk music and instruments of rural life.

On the day of the feast, there is the parade - a procession of carts and "Carrettone and Vagne" that reproduce the carts used in ancient times by farmers.

This procession is accompanied by the unbridled sound of tammorre and songs.

One of the songs speaks of a mysterious "girl-scarola" that comes from the sea waters. The girl scarola that comes from the waters, represents the union between the world peasant " scarola/ lettuce" and the mythical world" sea/ birth of Venus -Madonna from the waters".

Simone Carotenuto, leader of the musical group "I Tammorrari del Vesuvio" in free partnership performs for our project singing and playing the famous tammurriata of Madonna di Bagni

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