ABSTRACT
Caporotondo lies to the east of the town, and some six to ten miles from it, between the edge of the escarpment overlooking the Cavone valley and the main road from Pisticci to the sea. It used to be demesne land, and was distributed in 1866. Peasants resent the fact that some people do less work than they do and live better for it, but this does not lead them to say that being a peasant is better than being a schoolmaster; rather the reverse, for they share the common value that it is better to live from rents, or commerce, or a profession, than to work with one’s hands. Women who work the land are thus involved in a potentially dishonourable activity. There are certain exceptions to this: women who are not sexually active are immune, and many do in fact work.
