{"id":8667,"date":"2015-02-19T20:20:21","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T19:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=8667"},"modified":"2015-02-19T20:20:21","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T19:20:21","slug":"i-racconti-di-luisa-il-falo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/i-racconti-di-luisa-il-falo\/","title":{"rendered":"I Racconti di Luisa \u2013 Il Fal\u00f2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Story by Luisa with an introduction by Geoff<\/span><\/p>\n

A good friend of ours, Luisa, grew up in Vittoria, Sicilia. Sometimes when we\u2019re chatting she opens up her \u2018box of memories\u2019 as she calls it, and recounts episodes from her youth. \u201cDo you like writing?\u201d I asked her one day, \u201cyes, I used to\u201d she replied, \u201cwhy?\u201d I explained about our blog, which she\u2019s never seen because she doesn\u2019t have an internet connection. \u201cHow would you like to write a short article for us? \u2026 for example, you could write about the festa di Santa Lucia<\/strong> that you told me about\u201d \u2026 \u201cokay, ci provo\u201d<\/strong> was her reply. So, here is the first of Luisa\u2019s guest articles, we hope there will be more to follow \u2026..<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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La <\/em>Chiesa della Madonna delle Grazie in Vittoria, Sicilia.
\nPhoto (CC) by <\/em>Clemensfran<\/em>z<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

A Vittoria, in Sicilia, negli anni \u201880 c\u2019era ancora l\u2019usanza di fare dei grandi fal\u00f2 per il 13 dicembre, a ricordare la tragica morte di Santa Lucia. Per chi non lo sapesse, la santa infatti \u00e8 stata bruciata viva.<\/strong>
\nIn Vittoria, Sicily, in the 80\u2019s there still existed the custom of making big bonfires on the 13th of December in memory of the tragic death of Santa Lucia. For those who don\u2019t know, the saint was in fact burnt alive.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ogni quartiere faceva il suo fal\u00f2; durante il giorno tutti i ragazzi si impegnavano a procurare della legna che veniva sistemata al centro di ogni incrocio per le vie della citt\u00e0.<\/strong>
\nEvery district of the town made its own bonfire; during the day all the lads set themselves the task of getting hold of some wood that would be set up in the centre of every crossroads in town. <\/span><\/p>\n

Ovviamente c\u2019era quella competitivit\u00e0 di chi riusciva a fare il fal\u00f2 pi\u00f9 grande. Si aspettava la sera per dare inizio a questa festa: ci si radunava intorno al fal\u00f2 e si stava insieme a ridere e scherzare, e c\u2019era chi osava addirittura farsi una grigliata di carne.
\n<\/strong>Obviously there was a competition to see who could manage to build the biggest bonfire. We waited for evening before we began the festival: we gathered around the fire and stood there together laughing and joking, and there were even some who dared to make themselves a barbeque with meat.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Il Fal\u00f2 di Santa Lucia<\/span><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Ricordo quei tempi con nostalgia come se fossero passati secoli, e mi proietto ad oggi, alla societ\u00e0 in cui viviamo, dove tutto \u00e8 tecnologia e frenesia, e con tristezza mi domando: \u201cCosa avranno i nostri figli da ricordare un domani?\u201d
\n<\/strong>I remember those times nostalgically as if centuries had passed, and flash forward to today, to the society in which we live, where everything is technology and rushing around, and I ask myself sadly: \u201cWhat will our children have to remember one day?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Grazie Luisa, alla prossima \u2026<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Story by Luisa with an introduction by Geoff A good friend of ours, Luisa, grew up in Vittoria, Sicilia. Sometimes when we\u2019re chatting she opens up her \u2018box of memories\u2019 as she calls it, and recounts episodes from her youth. \u201cDo you like writing?\u201d I asked her one day, \u201cyes, I used to\u201d she replied…<\/p>\n

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