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Nodas. Launeddas at the time of crisis.

(Nodas. Launeddas in tempus de crisi)

2015 / 29 minutes

Directed by: Umberto Cao Andrea Mura

Anthropologist: Umberto Cao

Country of production: Italy

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Dating back 3000 years to the Nuragic civilisation on Sardinia, ‘launeddas’ are wind instruments that testify to contacts from across the Mediterranean. Although they nearly vanished in the 1960s, in today’s ‘time of crisis’, launeddas have been associated with levels of virtuoso performance that only a few decades ago seemed no longer attainable. This documentary portrays five talented young launeddas players, exploring through their eyes the interstitial spaces between folklore and ethnicity, tradition and experimentation, identity and globalization. In doing so, it offers a harsh overview of an entire generation of Sardinian life.

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Language and subtitles: Italian Sardinian

Location(s) depicted: Sardinia

Region: Western Mediterranean

Country: Italy

Keywords: Music / Ethnomusicology Festivals / Carnival Intergenerational relations

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