Valorizzazione del patrimonio immateriale attraverso le tecnologie digitali: la Passione di Sordevolo | Enhancing Intangible Heritage trough Digital Technologies: La Passione di Sordevolo

UNESCO member states define intangible cultural heritage (ICH) as the set of practices, repre- sentations, expressions, as well as knowledge and skills that communities, groups and, in some cases, individuals recognize as an integral part of their cultural heritage. The Museo della Passione of Sordevolo protects, preserves and spreads the cultural and social value of the largest popular Christian representation in Italy, called La Passione di Sordevolo, which every five years since 1816 evokes the Passion of Christ, involving most of the inhabitants of Sordevolo and its surroundings. The contribution presents some results of the research of the reconstructive modelling and visual storytelling project called ‘Digital historical scenic design’. The project explores the use of digital tech- nologies for the creation of new languages of expression and creative production, through the pro- cessing of documentary heritage (photographs, sketches, drawings) and the systematic collection of oral tradition handed down from generation to generation to the members of the local community. The use of different narrative strategies enables to virtually recreate part of the experience of the Passion staged in 1934 and 1950. This form of popular theatre deserves to be protected and disse?minated through digital media, especially in this particular period in which any activity in presence is interrupted due to the ongoing pandemic situatio