- country:Italy
- region:Calabria
- style(s):Mediterranean
- label:Canio Rosario Maffucci
- type:Band
- gender:male, female
- instrumentation:instrumental, vocal
- artist contact:Canio Rosario Maffucci
Line up
- Alfredo Verdini (percussions)
- Enzo Petea (keyboards, accordeon)
- Francesca R. Buda (voice, actress)
- Francesco Speziale (guitar)
- Mimmo Martino (voice, syrinx, handcraft aereophones)
- Pasquale Squillacioti (percussions)
- Peppe Tropeano (guitar, lyra (from Calabria), bouzouki )
- Roberto Aricò (acoustic & electric bass)
Links
Mattanza is the most famous World Music group from Calabria and features a style that embodies all the Mediterranean cultures. "A people without memory is like a tree without roots...is destined to die": these are the final words of every MATTANZA's concert. The name of the group means "tunny-massacre" and wants to be a reminder of the undergoing ethno-massacre to Southern-Italian culture, an issue that threatens to wipe out the richness of marvellous Graecia Magna's heritage.