Giulia Mafai showing the prototype of the Group dress

Costume historyan and a famous Cinema and theatrer costume designer. She worked with the big names of the Italian Neo-realism and Commedia all'Italiana. Giulia has an impressive personality and comes from a family of famous artists. She directed the study and documentation of the original dress . The sartorial work was directed by Marina Sciarelli who also realised other traditional Italian dress.

Adriana Gandolfi wearing spectacular Abrutian 'schaquaije' earings

Adriana is a very bright researcher who revitalised a lot of Abruzzi traditions. She wrote a number of beautiful books on traditional topics and is alway present in important traditional events. She also collaborated a lot with Ethnological Museums. The group owes a lot to her genorosity. Thanks Adriana!

Giuseppe Gala (to the right)

Pino Gala is an indefatigable researcher and Ethnocoreologist. He is the biggest repository of knowledge about Italian Traditional dances. He is a purist and you can hardly satisfy him, however; this is an encouragment to follow tradition and not folklorisms.

Carlo De Silvestre and 'Lu passagallë'

Carlo De Silvestre is a famous ethno-musicologist. In the 1998 stated a group formed by Guerino Marchegiani, Graziella Guardiani e Marco Giacintucci with the aim to disseminate the Abruzzi traditional music.

Loreta Silano

Loreta Silano is an artcraft maker and a collector of Scanno traditional dress. She can teach you how to wear it, how to sit on it etc.

Discanto

The band began with Michele Avolio who for twenty years has kept alive the tradition of popular music of the Abruzzo region.