Categoria: Storia e geografia
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The chimney sweeper&old counts:
Today we would like to talk about one of very old work,the ones of the chimney sweeper..During old times,the chimney sweeper was the ancient craft to clean up the cheminees which were covered of ceniza done by the fire that people light up during the hiver and the autumnal time.This kind of craft was very Read more
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A little path in the abandoned ruth:Chiapporato
What do you know about our appennini?Near Lizzano in Belvedere,a little small town in the middle of the mountains,there are a lot of things to visit and to do..Chiapporato is one kind of excursion i did with my friends some times ago.It departed from Brasimone lake and it persecutes for more or less two hour Read more
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The little witched village in Italy:Trioria
Today,taking a clear point of departure from a blog of which we are a big fan (Quaderni di rotta di una strega moderna,written by Claudia Simoni),we would like to speak about the little witched village in Italy,in particular about Triora but also about Cimegi Trentino and San Fili,in Calabria.The villages in Italy are called “borghi”which Read more
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The elder-tree:
Speaking about things that happened once upon a time,yesterday,reading an interesting blog that speaks of voyages and trips in Italy,we encountered a sacred tree connected with the pagan religion of wicca called in italian “sambuco”(and in english,the elder tree).This sacred tree is consacrated to the white goddess,and in the medieval time,his wood was used by Read more
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Le chemin de Marie-Magdalene en Provence
A very ancient french tradition told that a group of disciples have been expulsed from Palestine and that between them there were the very well-known by the Bible Marie Jacobì,Marie Magdalene and her brother,Lazaro.They have escaped from religious persecution in Palestine and they arrived in Camargue with a boat made of wood.It told us the Read more
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The Camargue and Saintes-maries-de-la mer history:
The naturalistic oasis of Pont Gau,in Camargue,that auberge a lot of flamingos rosas,auberge also the procession of Santa Sara la Nera.During this procession,the people,bailing and chanting,go to the Place de Gitans and fill up the roads in a long procession till the shore.The “Gardiens”,chevalier that guide on horseback the procession and the”Arlesiannes”,the gytanes that dance Read more
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Las cuevas del Sacromonte y los gitanos
Regarding Granada and los gypsies,we would like today to talk about an ancient population,los gitanos.They derived from an ancient culture that we usually call manouche,gypsy or romanì.They belong from a very ancient traditions and they travelled all around the world with couloured chariots of persons.The french word manouche derives from sanscryte and it wants to Read more