This is an excerpt for Episode 6: The Black Madonna with Marisa Tomei from the Dream of Italy Season 3 Travel Guide. Get your own PDF copy here.
Alessandra Belloni is an expert on the Black Madonna and shares her wisdom and feeling connected to her through movement and song in her book, Healing Journeys with the Black Madonna: Chants, Music, and Sacred Practices of the Great Goddess. She hosts tours, workshops and retreats themed around the Black Madonna, both in Italy and abroad, including a pilgrimage to Sicily where participants learn about mysticism, songs and traditions surrounding the Black Madonna.
Musician and author, among other things, Alessandra is also an expert on traditional Southern Italian music. She plays the tambourine and is deeply knowledgeable of the tarantella and tammurriata of the South and how to express and appreciate this musical culture from a woman’s point of view. For more information about Alessandra and to book her tours and experiences, visit www.alessandrabelloni.com