“Aja mola… Aja mola…” The rhythmic, repetitive chant of the tuna fishermen rises as they stand and haul in the nets. At every invocation to the saints and every blessing for an abundant catch, they respond, giving order and cadence to their labour. It is the beginning of the mattanza, marked by the cialome, ancient religious and propitiatory ritual chants. The tuna have just entered the chamber of death, the last in a series of chambers constructed with expertise refined over millennia. It is a labyrinth of nets lowered along the tuna’s migratory route, forcing them through a succession of cages from which they will emerge only for the final sacrifice. We are on Favignana, a small island off the western coast of Sicily which, together with Marettimo and Levanzo, forms the Egadi archipelago. Every spring, these tuna enter the Mediterranean through the Strait of Gibraltar to reproduce in its warmer waters. They follow established routes along the coasts of Sicily and North Africa. In this way, this “sea between two lands” becomes a meeting place and a communion of spirit.