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Bidente

Along with the piccola zappa ("zappetele"), the bidente is an agricultural tool that is used in Gambatesa. Of the two, the bidente is used for harder work; they both come up to a man's ribs in height.

The bidente in a doorway, 49 KB

Close up of the teeth of the bidente, 37 KB

Another view of the bidente in a doorway, 48 KB

The bidente is outside the doorway of a house at the corner of Largo della Madonna and Via Nazionale Appula.

Photographs by Angelo Abiuso, August-July 2009-2010 at 16:21 hrs.

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Last revised: 2 March 2012 : 2012-03-02 by Robert [Wesley] Angelo.

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