Ladata or Lamintanza

The execution takes place on Good Friday during the procession of the Lord of the City, the Black Christ, which crosses the entire historic center of the city. It is by the Foliarists (gatherers of bitter herbs), historical and spiritual descendants of the first who found the Crucifix, sing the The Intention. That of Good Friday in Caltanissetta develops in an archaic dialect built on a suggestive Arabic trend, which expresses the suffering for this day of sadness. The melody is performed only by male voices and the solo part is performed by three singers alternately: the first two, called before purchasing, e secunna vuci for the order of entry, they play a melodic line of descending trend by joint degrees; the third, falsity, concludes the musical verse with a long vocalization in a descending octave range. The part of the choir, whose number of participants is indefinite because everyone can participate, simply reinforces the final parts of the melodic tracks of the soloists.