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VENERANDO GARGANO CI RACCONTA I SUOI PUPI SICILIANI a 50 anni dall'ultimo Teatro Stabile dei PUPI di Messina.
Il padre Rosario aveva continuato la storia dei pupi nella città del canale di Sicilia tra Reggio e Capo Peloro. Secoli di storia e letteratura tramandati da pupi di legno e luccicanti armature di latta. Carlo Magno e paladini di Francia in guerra contro i "turchi" arabi e con la scusa della liberazione si volevano conquistare la penisola iberica. Il Popolo Basco diede un colpo micidiale ai progetti francesi, con la storica battaglia di RONCISVALLE. Una disfatta per Carlo Magno in ritirata verso la Francia. La letteratura e la storia scritta dall'imperatore cancellarono i Basci e incolparono solo gli Arabi che invece non avevano fatto nulla. I Francesi cominciarono l'opera di rimozione con la "Chanson de Roland", L'Ariosto completò l'opera con "l'Orlando furioso".INAUGURATION Of the STABLE THEATRE Of the SICIALIAN PUPI Of FAMILY GARGANO OF MESSINA In the said historical quarter "of the Gravidelle" of Messina, under the more ancient castle of the city that was before DIANA and of ORIONE, then accommodated in the modern scholastic complex, has been INAUGURATED today 4 January 2008 the new center of the WORK Of the PUPI of the Gargano Family, after 50 years a history is reopened that to Messina had been stopped with Gargano Rosary and now it leaves again with the eredi of this large "specialita'" sicialian one. A show shape that in Sicily it has of the particular and singular characteristics. A literary tradition that in Sicily has consolidated thanks to the bravura of the artisan masters and of the pupari that often have dedicated to all the life to this ART. The diversity of the pupi is remarkable and changes with the various constructors who are of origin Catanese, Palermitana or Messinese. From the largeness of the Pupo development the Theatre, the scenes, the premises of development of the shows. All it is in scale and proportion with fundamental pieces that are the pupi. Fundamental Battaglia from which the epic of the Champions of France has been developed to all is the famous battle of Roncisvalle. A really happened historical fact but falsely told in the misled literary Work and therefore also in the historical truth. That famous battle on the Pyrenees in fact, was not between the army of Carl Magno and the Arabs who occupied Spain, were instead between the French rearguard and the BASQUE army. Carl Magno was re-entering in France when the Basques decided of giving mark them to "galletti". The Basque People did not want that with the excuse to defend the Iberian peninsula from the Arabs the French king occupied all the comprised territory the Basque Countries, decided therefore to attack the army in withdrawn assestandogli a hard blow that avoided new adventures in Spain. All the successive literature has cancelled this event disguising it with the farce of the Song of Rinaldo... l' Ariosto (diplomatic to the service of the Pope of Roma)fece the rest with its "FURIOUS" work of hatred against the "Turks" but benevolent and winning towards the PAPALISTS OF FRANCE. Just PAPALISTS with the P, why defending of the interests of the Pope in Saint earth, other age, same interests of conquest and dominion absolutist. The large one happening of a such rappresentazione in Sicily has been melted with the great history of the SICIALIAN VESPRO, also this large a Victoria of the Sicialian People against a French army and sended Italian Guelf, in 1282, against the Sicily from the Pope who in that moment was anch' French he, Martino IV di Brie. In the 1800 this shape of show it became the arena in order to say against the Borboni what in the truth Orlando could not be said... and Rinaldo became popular heroes much until filling up the public squares of large and piccini to every rappresentazione