Agriculture is one of the most traditional Sicilian activities' It includes the production of goods

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• Agricultural activities

• Agriculture is one of the most traditional
  Sicilian activities. It includes the production
  of goods through plant and animal farming.
  Cultivation of crops, vegetables, fruit trees and
  livestock raising are at the foundation of
  Sicilian agriculture.

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• Today agricultural practices include industrial
  agriculture (in large fields mainly wheat
  cultivated) as well as organic farming, which
  excludes chemical pesticide and GMO (Genetic
  Modified Organism).

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• Talking about Caccamos local area, vineyards

• and olive-groves characterize the landscape
  of this territory. For farmers and peasants, the
  harvesting of these two products is certainly a
  seasonal activity to be performed from late
  summer to early winter.

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VINEYARDS

• Vineyard plantations cover large parts of
  Sicilian land. Wine-making is a very important
  agricultural activity in our land, its origin is
  lost in time. Odysseus, the main character of
  Homers masterpiece, uses grape juice to get
  Polyphemus drunk, escaping the Cyclops.

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• But wine making technology has improved
  considerably from the old Greek period, and today
  viniculture is regulated by modern standards.
• Vineyards are often on hillsides, especially
  those facing south in order to maximise the
  amount of sunlight that fells on the vineyards.

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• From Nero dAvola and Frappato grapes many red
  Sicilian wines are produced,

while Cataratto, Grecanico, Inzolia, Malvasia
and Zibibbo grapes produce excellent white and
dessert wines.
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• Drinking a glass of wine is not only a matter
  of taste, but also a triumph of aromas and floral
  fragrances.

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Olive grove

• The fruits of the Olive tree are one of the
  major component of the agriculture and gastronomy
  of the Mediterranean region. Olive oil is a
  pleasant substitute for the butter and other
  animal fat eaten by the northern peoples.

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• Olives and olive oil are widely employed in
  food and cookery, as well as in medical remedies.
  

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• For those who are not accustomed to olive
  grove, it is interesting to note that green and
  black olives are from the same plant green
  olives are picked before being ripened, while
  black olives when the fruit is fully mature.

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• CRAFTSMANSHIP
• CERAMICS

• Ceramics is an ancient art and it is
  widespread in various and different areas.
• Many objects can be made with baked clay

statuettes,
crockery,
tiles,
bathroom suite
and so on.
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• Various phases are necessary to get a piece of
  pottery
• 1. first of all you have to choose some kind of
  clay according to what you want to make
• 2. secondly you have to clean it and free it
  from impurities
• 3. then you have to mix the clay and give it a
  shape you can use various techniques

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• HAND MODELING it is the most ancient technique
  you have to take some clay and give it a specific
  shape just using your hands

• MODELING WITH A POTTERS WHEEL this technique
  is mainly used for the production of crockery a
  potters wheel

is composed of a kind of turning plate where
you put a piece of clay and, while the potters
wheel is turning, you can model it with your
hands or with some specific tools
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• 4. DRYING PROCESS every object must become
  completely dry, otherwise it can lose its shape.

After the necessary drying period, the object
can be carved and decorated.
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• 5. BAKING after the drying process, the object
  must be baked in some specific kilns.

This process can last many hours and at the
end the objects get their characteristic rusty
red colour.
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• 6. ENAMELLING/DECORATION finally the objects
  are enamelled

and decorated.
Sometimes they need to be baked again after
the decoration phase
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• In Italy many towns are famous for pottery
  production Ascoli Piceno, Bassano del Grappa,
  Capodimonte in the province of Naples, Faenza,
  Orvieto, Sassuolo, and so on.

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• In Sicily the most famous towns are
  Caltagirone near Catania

with its suggestive stairs, S.Stefano di
Camastra,
Sciacca
and Burgio near Agrigento.

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• THE RAISING OF BOVINES, PIGS AND SHEEP

• Cattle-breeding is certainly one of the most
  important economic resources of Caccamo.
• Caccamo is situated in a rural area, so it is
  provided with good and large grazing lands, where
  cattle can be bred in free state.
• In Caccamo people rear mainly bovines, sheep
  and pigs, and that ensures the production of
  nature meats.

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• Pigs-breeding is particularly common and
  their meat is mainly used for the production of
  the renowned sausage, made with minced pig meat,
  salt, pepper and other spices, with which pork
  bowels are stuffed.

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• The raising of bovines (mainly cows) and sheep
  ensures dairy produce (specifically cheese) with
  rigorously traditional methods.

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CHEESE PRODUCE

• Caccamo, just like other small Sicilian
  towns situated in rural or mountains areas, is
  famous for its traditional cheese production
  according to the following phases
• cows and sheep are milked

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• 2. milk is poured into some
• specific big pans where it is
• boiled

• while it is boiling, some cheese-rennet (a
  natural coagulant) is added to the milk which
  divides into 2 parts a dense part (the tuma
  cheese) which remains at the bottom of the pan
  and a liquid part called whey

• the whey, once separated from the dense part, can
  be boiled again to make the ricotta cheese
  (ricotta means, literally, cooked or boiled
  again)

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• the dense part is put into some specific wicker
  baskets (nowadays, however, they are very often
  plastic baskets) in order to give it the
  classical cylindrical shape

• after a period of rest, cheese is ready

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SHEARING

• In Caccamo and in other areas nearby, wool
  production is limited to the first phase sheep
  are sheared and the wool is gathered together,
  pressed, rolled up, tied with a piece of string

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• Then it is sold to some textile factories or
  industries (only few are in Sicily) which
  continue the wool manufacture till they get the
  final product.

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• TRADITIONAL MARKETS

• Many people, and even entire local
  communities, are still involved in traditional
  jobs and activities related to the markets.

Through images and sounds, Sicilian
traditional markets are also a testimony of oral
tradition which cohabits with the standards of
the modern city.
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• On the seaside villages, the fish wholesale
  system persists it is performed by the sellers
  cries through a public auction.

In inland areas, livestock fairs remind us of
the activities related to farming and
sheep-raising. These are seasonal markets,
generally concentrated in late spring and autumn.
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• For the city of Palermo the old markets of
  Ballarò,

Capo and Vucciria are the most famous ones
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• For Catania, the market known as Fera ô Luni
  and the Pescheria (the Fish market)

for Caltanissetta, the Strata ã foglia, a
fruit and vegetable market.
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• The traditional markets prove to be a
  long-lasting phenomenon, resistant to every
  attempt of changing. They have maintained their
  original environmental and cultural
  configuration narrow alleys alternating with
  small courtyards, where outdoor sellers display
  their goods.

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• Thats all folks
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