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When Naples and Rio meet in the fire of the night<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\r\n
The exhibition features 20 medium-format photographic works and an 18-minute video documentary, portraying one of the most powerful collective rituals of the Mediterranean: New Year\u2019s Eve in Naples, when the Neapolitan people\u2014like in an ancient act of exorcism\u2014transform the fear of Mount Vesuvius into a celebration of light, made of hundreds of thousands of fireworks.<\/div>\r\n
\u201cNeapolitans exorcise the fear of the volcano\u2019s eruption by making the entire Gulf of Naples explode with light and color,\u201d says Mario Amura. \u201cEvery December 31, I climb Mount Faito with a small crew of friends to witness this collective ritual. From up there, the city turns into an inverted firmament, a cosmic landscape where fireworks become brushstrokes of pure emotion.\u201d<\/em><\/div>\r\n
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The exhibition features 20 medium-format photographic works and an 18-minute video documentary, portraying one of the most powerful collective rituals of the Mediterranean: New Year\u2019s Eve in Naples, when the Neapolitan people\u2014like in an ancient act of exorcism\u2014transform the fear of Mount Vesuvius into a celebration of light, made of hundreds of thousands of fireworks.
\n\u201cNeapolitans exorcise the fear of the volcano\u2019s eruption by making the entire Gulf of Naples explode with light and color,\u201d says Mario Amura. \u201cEvery December 31, I climb Mount Faito with a small crew of friends to witness this collective ritual. From up there, the city turns into an inverted firmament, a cosmic landscape where fireworks become brushstrokes of pure emotion.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26428,"template":"","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-26857","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nNapoli Explosion - Rio de Janeiro - Napex<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Napoli Explosion - Rio de Janeiro\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"L\u2019esposizione presenta 20 opere fotografiche di medio formato e un video-documentario di 18 minuti, che raccontano uno dei rituali collettivi pi\u00f9 potenti del Mediterraneo: la notte di Capodanno a Napoli, quando il popolo partenopeo, come in un antico esorcismo, trasforma la paura del Vesuvio in una festa di luce fatta centinaia di migliaia di fuochi d\u2019artificio. \u201cI napoletani esorcizzano la paura che il vulcano esploda, facendo esplodere di luce e colori tutto il golfo di Napoli\u201d \u2013 afferma Mario Amura \u2013 \u201cOgni 31 dicembre salgo sul Monte Faito con una troupe di amici per osservare questo rito collettivo. 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