(ANSA) - DUBAI, NOVEMBER 20 - Sicilian puppets arrive in Duba to convey to the world a message of universal brotherhood, respect and justice, essential values of life.
On the occasion of the International Children's Day, the company FigliD'arte Cuticchio with its Sicilian puppets presents today and tomorrow at Expo 2020 a show dedicated to the love between Ruggiero and Bradamante, the two lovers told by Ludovico Ariosto in Orlando Furioso.
"The puppets have no passport and have always traveled everywhere, but Dubai was missing. We are very happy because being at the Expo is a bit like being all over the world at the same time", said Giacomo Cuticchio of the company. That of Ruggiero and Bradamante "is the story of two young people who fall in love, she a Christian and he a pagan who then embraces the faith of Christ out of love. The two continually chase each other, they get lost and find each other" and "representing him even for the little ones is a satisfaction great. There is no age or distance that can divide the direct emotion transmitted by a Sicilian wolf ".
The company is staging four shows between today and tomorrow at the Expo, in a project created with the contribution and support of the Ministry of Culture. "Transmitting a tradition is always a question of identity. Knowing where we come from and where we want to go helps us to understand who we are, and this is what the puppet theater has always taught. It plays with genuine emotions, love, courage, typical epicness. of this ancient theater which today still represents the essential values of life: respect, punishment for the weak, justice. These are stories of knights who still today suggest a better way to live ", underlines Cuticchio.
"Bradamante and Ruggiero could be two young people of the third millennium, maybe she Palestinian and he Israeli who meet and unite for love to say enough to wars and violence".
In Dubai, the puppets want to bring a message of universal brotherhood: "We are all the same, regardless of skin color, language or religion. We are all a great family, it is the most important message to be transmitted to new generations to build a better world".
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