Transcultural and research field

TRANSCULTURAL AND RESEARCH FIELD Europe • Italy – popular festivities: Festa rito arboreo (Agliano), Festa della Madonna della Bruna (Basilicata), Carnevale di Tricarico (Basilicata), Madonna del Pollino (Basilicata/Calabria), Maggio di Accettura (Basilicata-­‐Lucania), Madonna dell’arco e Madonna delle galline (Campania, zona vesuviana), Eremitismo locale del Monte Sibilla (Marche), Culto dei morti (Napoli), Corsa del Mille di Cabras (Sardegna), Sant’Agata di Catania (Sicilia) North America • United States of America: New Orleans and Mississippi river, Missouri, study on local urban voodoo Central America • Costa Rica: indian reserve (Bribri and Cavecas -­‐ Buenos Aires), studies of shamanism • Panama: San Blas Island, studies of shamanism of natives Kuna South America • Belem (Brazil): studies of South American shamanism • Brazil: Salvador de Bahia (Brazil), studies of Candomblè, local healer and religious leaders • Perù: Yurimaguas, Amazones, studies of shamanism of natives Shaui and urban curanderismo • Venezuela: (Area of the Orinoco basin), studies of shamanism West Africa • Togo and Benin: study on local voodoo, local animism and local healer Asia • India, Varanasi: studies of hinduism and local healer • Indonesia: local populations, cult of the dead, local healer; Sumba Island: village in the hills, animism, local healer; Bali Island: hinduism, Balian healer, Bali Aga (ethnic group) and animism • Uzbekistan: studies on local healer • Russia, Subarctic Siberia, Republic of Buryatia (Russia): Buryat native, studies on shamanism; Republic of Tuva (Russia): studies on shamanism • Indonesia: studies on animism and local healer (lishu), Sulawesi Island • Kazakhstan: studies on local healer