Description
Ephemeral Freedom
“Caminanti,” derives from the Sicilian term ‘chiddi ca caminanu(?)’ meaning ”walkers.” A photograph about an invisible group of Sicilian nomads in Noto, Sicily. Balloons is the latest legacy of this community.A work on the descendants of nomads who landed in Sicily at the end of the 14th century, following the Arberes’h refugees, the Caminanti have kept their original family organization intact, under the leadership of an older group leader and with marriages established within the community, one large family. The Caminanti are a people within a people, the traits of passionate Sicilian theatricality shine through in their gestures, but their spirit is nomadic laden.As a result of the pandemic, their wandering spirit is fading, their tradition of selling balloons, a symbol of ephemeral freedom, remains intact.
