A new event at Paavli Culture Factory offered Tallinn a fresh take on Italy recently, bringing Estonian and Italian communities together through music, food and traditions.<\/p>\n
Held Saturday, August 15, the first Italy Unexpected aimed to move beyond the familiar images of Italy as a popular travel destination, highlighting lesser-known traditions, music and cuisine instead.<\/p>\n
The event was launched by Nico, an Italian with close ties to Estonia, in collaboration with the local Italian community.<\/p>\n
“Italy Unexpected is not your typical ‘Italian night,'” Nico said. “We want to create a place where people can meet and spend time together, because community is just as important to us as music and food.”<\/p>\n
Sicilian musician Luisa Briguglio kicked off the evening, bringing Sicilian dialect, poetry and modern textures to music exploring exile, memory, migration and identity.<\/p>\n
The Kanuteh-Zanotti Duo, consisting of Gambian griot and kora player Jabel Kanuteh and Italian percussionist Marco Zanotti, brought West African tradition into dialogue with contemporary global music, while Mundial fused electro-tribal sounds with Southern Italian rhythms.<\/p>\n
The event also featured tiramisu and limoncello workshops, plus an Occitan dance workshop led by Mattia Dossetto, whose newly learned steps participants later took to the dance floor.<\/p>\n
DJ Renno Paat closed out the night. \u00a0<\/p>\n
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