Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni posted a video on social media on the final evening of the G7 summit of her dancing the pizzica, a folk dance from the southern Italian region of Puglia – where the meeting took place.
In the video (see post below), which went viral on the internet, the Prime Minister is seen wearing a white long dress, twirling with a dancer to the wild rhythm of the folk dance.
The Pizzica, one of the so-called Tarantella dances, is an originally therapeutic dance with mythical roots that is now danced as an Italian folk dance on the Italian Salento peninsula in southern Apulia. The name comes from the Italian word ‘pizzicare’, which means ‘to prick’ or ‘to bite’.
Dance is still very popular today
The dance was originally considered a healing ritual after the bite of an Apulian tarantula – a poisonous spider named after the Italian city of Taranto – which threatened the population while working in the fields in the summer months. Because dance conveys people’s attitude to life, it is still very popular today.
Criticism of meetings in luxury resorts
Meloni wrote that the G7 summit in Borgo Egnazia, southern Italy, was a success. However, some media criticized the fact that she organized the meeting in a luxury resort that had little to do with Italian tradition.
“Meloni, who always talks about identity and Italian roots, brings together the greats of the world in a place without history, which is a symbol of the ‘Disneyization’ of Italy,” said the daily “Fatto Quotidiano”.
“This is not Italy, but a commercial product for the rich,” the newspaper criticized. A single night in the luxury art village of Borgo Egnazia costs up to 3,000 euros.
Source: Krone
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