Letter to kaoru: the misteri, the moon and the son

Authors

Kevin Ballantine, Edith Cowan University

Document Type

Journal Article

Publisher

Taylor and Francis

Faculty

Faculty of Community Services, Education and Social Sciences

School

School of Communications and Multimedia

RAS ID

714

Comments

Ballantine, K. (2001). Letter to Kaoru: the Misteri, the moon and the son. Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies, 15(1), 5-7. Available here

Abstract

Photographing Easter Sunday’s Misteri procession of the ‘Sacro e Profano’ in Prizzi was fun. Mischievous devils danced in the spring sunshine before a risen and triumphant Jesus was reunited with his mother, a majestic Madonna. As the two approached from opposite sides of town, the procession and music gathered momentum and then with a rush and the beating of drums they came together. The Madonna’s black robe was stripped away to reveal another of radiant blue and the crowd applauded and cheered. Kaoru, a dancer from New York, said it was more like lovers meeting rather than a mother and a son. Paolo, a photojournalist from Rome, laughed. After doing some reading Kaoru was right. I must write to her.

DOI

10.1080/713657763