{"id":420,"date":"2016-03-25T08:40:47","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T12:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-3008-spring-2016\/?p=420"},"modified":"2016-03-25T08:58:35","modified_gmt":"2016-03-25T12:58:35","slug":"pupi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-3008-spring-2016\/sicily\/pupi\/","title":{"rendered":"Pupi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-422 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-3008-spring-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2016\/03\/IMAG0225-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"IMAG0225\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-3008-spring-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2016\/03\/IMAG0225-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-3008-spring-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2016\/03\/IMAG0225-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-3008-spring-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2016\/03\/IMAG0225-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On the first night in Sicily, we all sat down to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">una opera dei pupi<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in Palermo. \u00a0Though technically an amusement for children (we all know that kid in the front row was getting really into it), the show we watched provided some valuable insight into the uniquely complex culture of Sicily. \u00a0The factions of \u201cpaladins\u201d and \u201cinfidels\u201d pitted against each other, as they are traditionally in the Carolingian cycle, reveal the extent to which some of the more recent cultural influences are the most prevalent. \u00a0Though the Arabs took hold of Sicily as early as the 9th century CE and held it for nearly two centuries, the French (of which nationality the paladins are supposed to be) never had a stake in the island. \u00a0This goes to show that the Christian influence from groups whose presence we saw, such as in the Norman Cappella Palatina and the Spanish inquisitor\u2019s building, was strong enough to make the island associate more closely to a people that were never there than those who once were. \u00a0Although La Zisa, which we saw earlier that day, shows a clear integration of the artistic traditions of the two faiths nearly a millennium ago, this cooperation does not seem to have lasted. \u00a0We can confirm that, at least in recent history (since the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pupi<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> rose to popularity in the 19th century, which is recent for us classicists), there has been a negative attitude toward Islam in Sicily, or at least one strong enough to sustain the tradition of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pupi<\/span><\/i><span 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