Record numbers flock to Puglia festival to dance to Italy's dervish beat

Tinged with voodoo, pizzica folk music has added rhythm to one of Italy's cultural hotspotsA forgotten brand of homegrown folk music known as the pizzica has turned the Italian region of Puglia into one of the most fashionable summer festival destinations in Europe.A record 200,000 revellers –mainly young – attended this year's two-week series of concerts, which climaxed last night. The re-emergence of the ancient musical form has prompted the Italian media to describe Puglia, in the souther...

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