Scanno and the Sagittarius Valley in the eyes of Japanese TV

Stop for a moment, make yourselves comfortable and take a few minutes to watch these fascinating sequences with us.
In the 1980s a Japanese public TV crew came to Abruzzo to record these beautiful images of Scanno, Castrovalva and the Sagittario Valley.
A shepherd with his flock, the typical costume, the Catenaccio wedding rite and the faces of the inhabitants are matched with the music of a Japanese tenor softly intoning an aria by Gaetano Donizetti.
A magnificent document sourced for us by one of our most devoted followers: Cesidio Silla.

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