Synopsis

"In between hills and valleys" by Rosa Balistreri

We start by singing “Intra viddi e vaddi” by Rosa Balistreri; continuing to follow the

stanzas, it talks about the presence of the Turks in the Mediterranean, of their landings on the

our coasts (Acqualadroni) and the defenses that the Sicilians put in place

(“Take up arms, run boys / it takes strength and courage from everyone”). Several times he

the inhabitants of the Tramontana hamlets of Messina also did this between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

The memories of those episodes have remained in the songs, in the "cunti" and in the language of the

Sicilians.