On the occasion of the 80th Columbus Day in New York on October 14th, Calabria will also be well represented thanks to the actor and director from Catanzaro Enzo Colacino, in the now consolidated role of Capitan Giangurgolo, accompanied by the now trusted minstrel Alessio Bressi on the diatonic accordion and the actress Nuccia Fotino in the role of Calabrisella.
An initiative organized by the Association "Coordination Center of Italian Masks", founded in Parma on November 28, 2015, which includes approximately 390 Italian masks from 16 Regions.
Among the many who will participate, the Sire of Verona Papà del Gnoco with his court, Brighella (Lombardy), Doctor Balanzone (Emilia Romagna) Dsevot (Parma), Captain Spaventa (Liguria Genoa), Bicciolano (Vercelli), Giangurgolo (Calabria), Merdules Bezzos (Sardinia), Guazzaro' (Marche) Lavica (Sicily) and a delegation from Misterbianco.
Particularly awaited among our fellow countrymen is the performance of Enzo Colacino who will bring, together with Calabrisella, a breath of authentic Calabria. At their side Alessio Bressi, a talented musician and lover of Calabrian musical traditions, with his diatonic accordion, who will make Giangurgolo and Calabrisella's show more exhilarating.
The initiative is part of the Pnrr Project “Turismo delle Radiche” – An integrated strategy for the recovery of the tourism sector in post-covid-19 Italy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, in collaboration with Italy Discovery.
Starting from Fifth Avenue, a group of more than eighty masks belonging to the Italian Mask Coordination Center will parade, representing the culture and tradition of the entire national territory and will meet the numerous Italian-American communities present in the United States of America.
There are 3.372.512 Italians or descendants of Italians in the New York area and they constitute the main ethnic and linguistic group of the large urban area that includes, in addition to Manhattan, Staten Island, Northern New Jersey and Long Island, being equal to 16% of the 21,2 million population of the so-called Greater New York. They represent the largest Italian city in the United States and over a fifth of the 15,6 million Americans who consider themselves of Italian origin.
The grand parade will take place on the morning of October 14th starting at 11.00:35.000 am, with the presence of more than a million New York citizens and tourists, and over XNUMX people in the parade.
“A historic moment for us at the Coordination Center of Italian Masks, for the first time overseas, representing our ancient popular traditions – declares the President of the association Valerio Corradi – achievable only thanks to the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Regions, Provinces and Italian Municipalities that, happy to be represented, wanted to participate in the initiative.”
The presentation of the project, in view of the departure of the delegation of 132 people, held this morning at the Chamber of Commerce of Verona, was attended by a representation of the Costumed Masks including the Sire of Verona Papà del Gnoco with his Court, a delegate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr. Dario Cortese, the President of the Coordination Center of Italian Masks APS Valerio Corradi, the member of the Board of the Chamber of Commerce, Paolo Tosi, the President of Italy Discovery Roberto Perticone, the Vice President of the Association Veronesi nel mondo Vincenzi Nicola, the General Director of the Destination Verona Garda Foundation Luca Caputo, the Vice President of the Province of Verona David Di Michele.
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