Ancient Ruins of Paestum in Campania Italia

Paestum is an ancient Greco-Roman city in the Campania region of southern Italy. Near sandy beaches in a region known for its delicious mozzarella di bufula, Paestum includes three well-preserved Doric Greek temples, ruins of ancient houses and a museum of artifacts. As an extra bonus, the site is off the beaten tourist path and is often deserted.

Paestum is home to three magnificent Doric temples, which are thought to be dedicated to the city's namesake Poseidon (known to the Romans as Neptune), Hera and Ceres. The temples of Neptune and Hera are located next to each other at the southern end of the site, while the smaller Temple of Ceres is at the northern end. You can walk up close to the temples, but they are roped off to prevent interior access.

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Tammurriata Cilento

Tammurriata is the most typical musical tradition of Neapolitan music and dance, as a rule performed at traditional events in the villages below Mount Vesuvius. The music is constructed around beautiful tenors accompanied by big tambourin and tambour.

The Tammurriata dates from pre-christian times as is visible from the famous mosaic taken from the excavations of Pompeii. Originally the tammurriata was performed only as voice and tammora. Tammora is the particular very large tambourine used in the tammurriata. It was later joined by reed flutes similar to the Sardegnian Launedas for melody.

Today the tammurriata is performed on any combination of tammora, accordion, guitar, Jew's harp, putipú, scetavaesé, tricabalache and always castanets used by the dancers or the singers. But the `two indispensable instruments are the tammora and the voice.

This was shot near Vallo Della Lucania, Salerno, Italia