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Carmine Percontino – Town Inside
When I got good at it, I was about seventeen or eighteen. I was getting more involved, and definitely wanted to make a presepio and see it in the house. [My mother] made such a fuss. I would make a mess, but it would look great after it was done. [I’d wanted the inside of the presepio to look like Monte San Giacomo.] In my town, there is what we call “atafesa.” It’s like a mountain hillside. That’s what you see. That was the inspiration. I imagine my town being the town inside.