Theresa Maggio

Found this sign in a butcher shop in Via Plebescito: female donkey meat on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

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A few scenes from the procession. These are unedited little films I make fast with my trusty little Flip video camera and a borrowed digital still camera. This year there was only one contingent of a medieval chivalric order. Before the  Read More 

Went looking for a candelora tonight and its attendant band.

Liotru, a stone elephant of unknown origin, is the symbol of Catania. The elephant atop a pedestal reigns over Piazza Duomo in front of the cathedral. I wanted to get the locals to talk to me, so I asked about Liotru. All the men sitting on the steps under the elephant referred me to  Read More 

I arrived in Catania yesterday for the feast of Saint Agatha. I have filmed this incredible feast over the past ten years and plan to make a documentary film about it. This morning I woke up early at my friend Palmina's house. She loaned me her keys so I could take a walk in  Read More 

Everyday life. The dog is not dead or injured but simply enjoying the sun in Piazza Vittoria in front of the questura, or police station. I saw this dog every day in the same place.

I found a knot of well-dressed people waiting for a bride in Albergheria so I waited with them.

Trotters off the Favorita track become carriage horses that take tourists on expensive jaunts.