Pietro De Stephanis Cultural Association was formed in 1989 in the Pettorano Gizio (AQ). Operates mainly in the field of recovery and valorization of traditions and folk culture, with particular attention to those Pettorano. Since its foundation is committed to the revitalization of local cultural traditions that are most representative of which are identified in the "New Year's Serenade" and the "Testament of Carnival". The Association organizes other cultural initiatives such as conferences and conventions.

During its activities the Association has produced the following volumes:

• "Pettorano Arte e Storia" (1989)
•  "Capodanni d'Abruzzo. Le Tradizioni Popolari di Pettorano sul Gizio", vol. I (1996)
• "Il Carnevale di Pettorano sul Gizio", Vol. II, (1997)
• "Nù Paése nevèlle" - Poesie di Vittorio Monaco (1997)
• "In memoria di Tonino D'Aurora" (2001)
• "Pettorano sul Gizio. Glossario dei termini geografici" (2001)
• “Serenate di Capodanno” (2002)
• CD Musicale a corredo del volume “Serenate di Capodanno” (2002)
• “Vecchi Versi” – Poesie di Vittorio Monaco (2002)
• Pettorano sul Gizio – Momenti di vita collettiva – “Tra Sacro e Profano” (2003-2004)
• Pettorano sul Gizio – Momenti di vita collettiva – “Il tempo libero” (2004-2005)
• Energia e potere dell'acqua - Storia degli opifici idraulici nella valle dell'Alto Gizio. (2009)

On the occasion of 2006 New Year Serenade, the Association has co-produced the second album of the DisCanto group, "Serenata fuori stagione" contained 18 songs, including one of tradition (Si cessa di dormir), 12 texts by Vittorio Monaco and 5 serenades of New Year texts by Marco Del Prete music by Michele Avolio.

Since 1998, the Association is on the Internet with the aim of raising awareness of the work done and is being done outside the borders of Pettorano, particularly to all those who have been forced to leave to search a better life abroad or in other Italian cities. To them, their children, their grandchildren, the association wants to offer a tool to re-establish a relation with the culture of their origin Country and with their "roots" in the belief that building a relationship with the thousands of pettoranesi scattered in every corner of the world can contribute to the reconstruction-even if only virtual-community.