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Ernesto de Martino

Born December 1, 1908 · Naples, Campania, Italy

Died May 9, 1965 · aged 56

Ernesto de Martino (1 December 1908 – 9 May 1965) was an Italian anthropologist, philosopher and historian of religions. He studied with Benedetto Croce and Adolfo Omodeo, and did field research with Diego Carpitella into the funeral rituals of Lucania and tarantism.

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The Wheat Passion

The Wheat Passion · 1959

The Wheat Passion

MovieDocumentary

An expressionist and hypnotic vision of a disconcerting rural ritual in Lucania, the symbolic slaughter of a goat, a collaboration between Mangini and her husband and partner Lino Del Fra.

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The Wheat Passion

The Wheat Passion · 1959

The Wheat Passion

MovieDocumentary

An expressionist and hypnotic vision of a disconcerting rural ritual in Lucania, the symbolic slaughter of a goat, a collaboration between Mangini and her husband and partner Lino Del Fra.

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