MAria Chindamo was a free woman who chose not to bend to the patriarchal culture and ‘Ndranghetista: a powerful symbol of all that a woman did not have to afford to be. Because of this It was seized and killed, on May 6, 2016, and her body given to the pigs. For this, on May 6, 2025 his name will inspire change. Tomorrow morning in front of the gate of his farm in Limbadi (Vibo Valentia), where 9 years ago he disappeared, a commemorative sculpture will be inaugurated and symbolically illuminated (from Artemide). “It is the return to the community of a date and a place: so that they are a date and a symbolic place for all the victims of the Endrangheta ».
Giulia Minoli, president of the crisis association as an opportunity (CCO) who, always during the event of 6 May, explains it to Limbadi will stage the show If we said the truthwhich of Maria Chindamo tells the story and courage. «The gate in front of which Maria was seized to be killed was, in these nine years, a place of commemoration. From 6 May it will become one public space, a garrison of legality for all of Calabria, and also for Italy».
Who was Maria Chindamo, killed on May 6, 2016 in Calabria
Originally from Lureana di Borrello (RC), Maria Chindamo was 42 years old when she disappeared into thin air. He was the mother of three children, and the widow of Ferdinando “Nando” Punturiero, who had committed suicide on May 8, 2015, after Mary had asked him for divorce: His family did not forgive her. She was an accountant and an entrepreneur who on the lands left by her husband in Limbadi (Vibo Valentia) had decided to build a farm: The ‘ndrangheta did not forgive it.
Maria Chindamo, kidnapped on May 6, 2016 and killed for having rebelled against patriarchal culture and ‘Ndrenghista in Limbadi (Vibo Valentia).
His body has never been found because, as emerged from the investigations, it was destroyed, given to the pigs, the missing remains: a widespread practice in the Vibonese area, not surprisingly renamed Triangle of the white lupara.
Victim of patriarchy, victim of ‘ndrangheta
Like Lea Garofalo and Maria Concetta Cacciola, Maria Chindamo was also Victim of a deadly combination between patriarchy is ndrangheta. “Our hope”, explains Minoli, “is that its exemplary history is of inspiration for the territory. But we also trust that it can bring gender violence and the Calabrian mafia to national attention».
Because the ‘Ndrangheta also concerns us, who live very far from Limbadi, and more than we think. «As we bring in schools Coole!a project in which we invite students and families to take on, to begin with, a small piece of responsibility. For example not attending The places, from restaurants to pharmacies, well -known managed by the ‘Ndrangheta, and there are many».
Giulia Minoli, founder and vice -president of crisis as an opportunity. Daughter of Giovanni Minoli and Matilde Bernabei, producer, author and activist, is also president of the Foundation a one hundred thousand (press office).
Coole!: the ‘ndrangheta compared to mafia and camorra
Compared to the Sicilian mafia and the Neapolitan Camorra, Of the ‘ndrangheta there is little talk, little is written, few films and the series. MINOLI REMEMBER Black souls, The Good Mothersthe books of Nicola Gratteri. «The ‘ndrangheta so far he also won for the non -narrative: You know it little, you underestimate it. Yet it is the most powerful mafia, and not only in Italy but internationally ».
There is little talk of crime but also of the efforts of the population in the direction of legality. “The movement is there. Also in Calabria there is an Italy that is trying: associations of the third sector, committees and the families of the victims, Vincenzo Chindamo in the lead, are activating Important initiatives to change things. Although it is often difficult to achieve them, due to lack of funds and often of the support of the institutions », explains Minoli.
In memory of Maria Chindamo, the event of 6 May and the illuminated sculpture
To tell the involvement of the population: at the event of 6 May it will participate The “We check the lands of Maria” committeeto which various associations adhere, such as the South Project Community, Penelope Italia, a one hundred thousand Foundation and the center of Women’s Studies “Milly Villa” of the University of Calabria.
The garden space in memory of Maria Chindamo was designed by the students of the ITG Higher Institute of Higher Education, ITI and ITE of Vibo Valentia. The commemorative sculpture, curated by the artist Luigi Camarilla, was created by Officine Paolo Scerbo and illuminated thanks to the support of Artemide. «And I always thank the companies that support us in particular: for their contribution but also because they tell us that too At the national level, attention is growing».
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If we said the truth, The civil theater for the victims of the ‘Ndrangheta
Increase the awareness of people It is the mission of crisis as an opportunity and of Giulia Minoli. «Our first tool is the Civil theater. In front of the Cancello of Limbadi we will stage a special version of our show If we said the truth, That for over 10 years we have updated and carry around, in Italian theaters. Like every time, The show will not end with applause but with a meeting between the spectators and real protagonists of the real stories ».
Maria’s company continues to live
There will be Vincenzo Chindamo, Maria’s brother, “That he has been able to transform his pain into energy for change in an extraordinary way”, as Minoli explains.
With his company Vincenzo Chindamo is a partner of cooperative group Goel Biowhich aggregates farms that oppose the ‘Ndrangheta. But the company of Maria Chindamo is also part of the Goel Group, which today continues to produce oil and clementines, in its name.
Here the fundraising We illuminate the lands of Maria: To restore light and life to its lands, contributing to the redemption of a space and a territory and to the construction of liberation and dignity paths starting from its history.
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