For years, photographer and documentary filmmaker Mario Cuccia has been researching Sicilian carts, as small and colorful icons of the island's artisan creativity.

With scrupulous care and passion, he has studied the features and peculiarities of these magnificent means of transportation, completely painted and sculpted in relief: as great painter Renato Guttuso once wrote, "Every single centimeter of their structure is embellished by carving and painting. And the overall decorative effect is remarkably vibrant: on a holiday, a new handcart with its plumed 'animal', all shiny and ringing with sleigh bells, is a great show of color and imagination".

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Fonte: Italian Ways