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Dottor Pitrè - e le sue storie - Part 8 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy Sicilian

The segment concentrates on the richness of the Sicilian dialect, a dialect which is less and less spoken. The narrator interviews two poets who recite their works in Sicilian, providing insights into the language.

Dottor Pitrè - e le sue storie - Part 7 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy Sicilian

Saint Rosalia (1130–1166), recognized by her crown of roses, is Palermo's patron saint. The video shows the July 14 parade in honor of the saint, and a young man who credits his cure from a grave illness to Saint Rosalia.

Dottor Pitrè - e le sue storie - Part 6 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy Sicilian

Pitrè's mission was to conserve and safeguard the traditions of his people, the Sicilians, and to keep the roots alive. Looking at religious traditions is one important way to do this.

Dottor Pitrè - e le sue storie - Part 5 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy Sicilian

This segment focuses on an actor who retells and acts out stories from Sicily's past, speaking in Sicilian dialect. He uses the Pitrè Museum as a source for material. The museum houses a manuscript with over 4,000 Sicilian proverbs, just one of the many volumes of Sicilian ethnographic material.

Dottor Pitrè - e le sue storie - Part 4 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy Sicilian

Pitrè's life was marked by a sort of travelling storyteller tradition in his family. In those days, a cuntastorie (storyteller) would go around to all the piazzas and tell stories, and people would pay to hear them.

Itinerari Della Bellezza - Umbria - Part 6 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

The series on Umbria ends with amazing landscape shots of Castelluccio, including fields of poppies, cornflowers, and lentil flowers. Castelluccio's lentils are justly renowned.

Dottor Pitrè - e le sue storie - Part 3 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy Sicilian

In this segment, we see some swordfish harpoon fishing, and hear an old Sicilian legend about a boy named Nicola who could stay underwater for a very long time.

Itinerari Della Bellezza - Umbria - Part 5 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Cascia and Visso are explored in this segment. The narrator makes the point that Umbria is the land of saints, naming: Saints Francis, Clare, Benedict, and Rita.

Dottor Pitrè - e le sue storie - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy Sicilian

We learn about Pitrè's life, and his relationship to the sea.

Itinerari Della Bellezza - Umbria - Part 4 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

The Abbey of Saint Eutizio is featured in this segment. It was largely destroyed in the earthquake of October 31, 2016. Its reconstruction is in the planning stage.

Itinerari Della Bellezza - Umbria - Part 3 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

We're still in the area of the Nera river valley, and there are plenty more beautiful sights to see.

Itinerari Della Bellezza - Umbria - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

This segment shows us the Abbey of Saints Felix and Maurus as well as Norcia, the birthplace of Saint Benedict. Little remains of the cathedral after the earthquake in 2016. Here are some photos of what has remained.

Dottor Pitrè - e le sue storie - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy Sicilian

Giuseppe Pitrè was an ethnologist who collected documents pertaining to Sicily and its culture and traditions. His work is the basis for this documentary, which unites live footage, drawings, and archival documents.

Luci D'Artista Salerno - Inaugurazione anno 2016 - 2017 View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

The 2016 opening ceremony of Salerno's Luci d'Artista, which in the captions is literally translated as Artists' Lights, but which is billed by the city as Salerno Christmas Lights. The ceremony mostly takes place in the Villa Comunale, Salerno's public garden.

Itinerari Della Bellezza - Umbria - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

There are so many beautiful spots in Italy. Umbria is next on our list!

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