Former anti -mafia prosecutor Pietro Grasso
From Castelvetrano, three years after the capture of Matteo Messina Denaro, in Palermo to continue to say no to the mafia. After the success of the editions of 2023 and 2024 in the Archaeological Park of Selinunte, in the territory where the superlatant, the third edition of the Festival passed away On behalf of them, music and voices for the victims of the mafia It took place this year in the frame of Mondello welcomed by the cultural review Ciavuri and Sapuri Organized by the CNA Palermo and Innova Service who have thus contributed not to lose what from the capture of the boss has been much more than a simple festival.
«The important thing is that it took place and even if this year In their name The voice of those who say no to the mafias has changed the location, “he says behind the scenes Pietro Grasso, former national anti -mafia prosecutor. On Mondello’s stage there is all a good representation of Sicily of change, commitment, the fight against organized crime.
Several artists were performed between music, dances, monologues. By Roberto Lipari, Palermo comedian face of Strip the newsthe actor Dario Aita, songwriters, singers and musicians such as Dimartino, Neri by chance, Almamegretta, Davide Shorty, Dionellapiaga, Giulia Mei, Giuseppe Anastasi, Cico Messina, Ermes Russo, the animated brass, the Popshocks, Sasha Dlt, the comic duo Calandra & Calandra and still Giuseppe Anastasi, Ernesto Marciante, Cico Messina, Ermes Russo, Gavio, Federica Marinari, Lorenzo Lepore, Antonio Panzica, Taligalè, Luisa Impastato, Libera Sicilia, Dario Riccobono – Must 23, Brizio Montinaro, Antonio Vassallo, Giovanni Gulino – ex Marta on the tubes & Fabrizio Mocata & Mato Francesco Sciacca.
There were no numbers of the past editions that had seen in Selinunte Over 16 thousand peoplebut certainly the no to the mafias also made itself felt by Mondello through music, the testimonies of the families of the mafia victims, the commitment of the anti -mafia associations as free.
In their name It is also the name of the association that gives its name to the Festival, the international musician of Castelvetrano is part of this Sade Magiaracina That does not hide the disappointment for the change of location: “From the Sicily Region we would have expected a little more attention, this is an event born in a difficult territory immediately after the arrest of Matteo Messina Denaro and is in that territory, the Archaeological Park of Selinunte, which should have been carried out. In their name It is synonymous with the archaeological park of Selinunte, that is his home, the problem is that without financing they left us alone “, explains the organizer at the forefront in the fight against the mafias and who precisely for this is fighting to regain a territory, Castelvetrano, who after the capture of the boss feels free today, also to express himself.
«We had to resort to Mondello because the funds did not find themselves, and this when it happens at a time that concerns the voices of the victims of mafias I think it is serious. Instead, it is necessary to invest in civil and democracy battles »he adds Giovanni Impastato brother of Peppino Impastato, the journalist killed by the mafia in 1978.
Despite the success of In their name In Mondello organizers, artists and exponents of civil society expect the festival to return to its natural headquarters next year, the Archaeological Park of Selinunte: «This is where it must be, because within a territory like Castelvetrano In their name He becomes the cry of a territory that wants to redeem himself “, explain Maurizio and Giuseppe Calandra, the comic duo Calandra and Calandra, who travels the world with a toy donkey bringing and revisiting the best Sicilian music of the tradition. Donkey who was blessed by Pope Francis.
In their name It is a moment where music conveys emotions, that desire for rebirth of an extraordinarily beautiful area of Sicily, such as that of Belice, such as that of Castelvetrano who today wants to be known for its excellence such as black bread or as characters who have a lot of more than Matteo Messina Denaro, a name above all Giovanni Gentilethe philosopher born in Castelvetrano to which this year a conference was dedicated 150 years after birth.
Everyone hopes that next year In their name He may return to Castelvetrano, perhaps also being able to count on an automotive that in a stretch of 111 kilometers, those that separate the town of Trapani from Palermo, still missing today.
