are the arbitrary part of the story to hand down to posterity the glory and honor bestowed on the Emperors, Kings and Princes, forgetting completely unvoiced and sadly those endless lists of anonymous slaves, workers and poor people of the people that the sacrifice of hard work have built up in the slow unfolding of time, Mausoleums and brought honor to the eternal city and Peoples, silent weaving, stone by stone and step by step, the thick textures and immortal heritage of dell'inestimabile Culture and Tradition .
essential and austere economy of an area Alpine landscapes unique in its beauty but by nature harsh and severe, in times controversial imperial concessions paid a heavy price from those who, born in those lands, and there rooted from its ancient origins, to live-is simply to live-and to ensure a better life for their children and families was forced to leave "with cassela in shoulder, walk around the world.
It is called this way: "With cassela in the shoulder, the peddlers of Tesino ", published by the splendid Opera Verlucca Priuli & Publishers in Scarborough (Torino) -1987-2008 of Dr . ssa Elda Fietta Ielen , proud grandson of one of the last Peddler Valley Tesino , in love with his job and those descended from even more famous Tesini that, since the first half of the seventeenth century, together with flints of superior quality, produced in abundance in the area, carried on the shoulders of a colorful, beautiful prints Remondiniane - religious and secular character, and challenging the unknown, into uncharted territory and sometimes hostile, vulnerable to any bad weather from long marches resting on couches miserable luck, they known to the world, even in the most distant and remote villages, Madonnas and saints traditionally revered by custom Christian and non - the only consolation and hope of the poor to a life of suffering and severe deprivation.
But the mission embodied by Tesini for a long period of time almost three centuries - almost a sort of upper-predestination was not limited to retail reams of popular, playing cards, games goose , Bibles and devotional prints from the famous Bassano Printing , they were pioneers and proud living witnesses of Tradition and Culture of Trentino Alto Adige and Italian presence in the world, carrying everywhere their contagious sympathy, and as I loved the most times-say, making love everywhere for simplicity that distinguished them and for their frank and rare humanity.
Some of them sadly lost in the mists of distant countries not doing more back home in the Valley, others tried their luck in finding it commendably remote latitudes, but most of them, left little more than children, returned to their old homes Pieve, Belts and Castle Tesino , with white hair and a small hoard of money-their treasure- always poor after a lifetime of sacrifices, but immensely rich of a life lived intensely , made a rare and deep sense of Community membership and relationships established with authentic human and inseparable from their distant peoples who had learned even the ancient dialect sounding for centuries in the Valley.
A wonderful book, accompanied by a large documentary footage, photographs and iconography of devotional unique, that can not fail under the Christmas Tree Traditions of Scholars, as well as that of cultured Collector Santini and Images of the ancient popular devotion .
The Work of Dr. Elda Fietta Ielen is one of the most beautiful books and humanly engaging I have ever read, a unique and precious pearl of modern Italian literature in which, through the history of Tesini, based on hard-working and enthusiastic research of the author, still throbbing of authentic joy in life echoes the voices of all the great Tesini that gave the world the name of immortal fame Remondini of Bassano del Grappa .
Opera is available from the publisher: http://www.priulieverlucca.it/
Paola Galanz
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