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January .Indd IL POSTINO V O L . 13 NO. 4 JANUARY 2012 :: GENNAIO 2012 $2.00 A Year In Review Un Anno Indietro Une Année en Revue IL POSTINO • OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA www.ilpostinocanada.com Page 2 IL POSTINO JANUARY 2012 IL POSTINO Letters to the Editor 865 Gladstone Avenue, Suite 101 • Ottawa, Ontario K1R 7T4 Letters to the Editor (613) 567-4532 • [email protected] www.ilpostinocanada.com Publisher Preston Street Community Foundation a Italian Canadian Community Centre Tele –30 of the National Capital Region Inc. 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The Executive Committee with President Lorenzo Micucci The Raffle winner Maria Bruno with Romana, Gina and Lorenzo The organizing committee with Santa Clause IL POSTINO • OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA Page 4 IL POSTINO JANUARY 2012 ITALIAN No Lie: Pinocchio’s Life Had Roots in Reality Discovery News; By Roseella Lorenzi The tale of the wooden puppet Pinocchio created by There is the “Casa Il Grillo” (Cricket House), a rural building a carpenter in Florence may arguably be the most widely whose name might refer to the Talking Cricket and the village known children’s tale. of Osteria Bianca (White Inn) where the pub still stands. Vegni Now new research reveals that the story, written by believes it inspired the Red Shrimp Inn. Carlo Collodi 130 years ago on July 7, 1881, has deep The “Fonte delle Fate” (“Source of the Fairies”) whose unusual roots in reality. name might have inspired the Field of Miracles where Pinocchio According to Alessandro Vegni, a computer expert, planted his gold coins so they would reproduce into several who has been comparing the tale with historic maps, thousand gold coins is also on the map. the story of Pinocchio is set in the Tuscan village of Intriguingly, the Fox and the Cat encountered by Pinocchio San Miniato Basso, which lies midway between Pisa appear to have links with two features appearing on maps: the and Florence. The village’s original name was actually Rio delle Volpi (Stream of Foxes) and two houses called “Rigatti” “Pinocchio,” according to the research. (the name evokes “gatti,” cats). The tale of Geppetto and his pine wood puppet, se- Not far away, the village of La Lisca (Fishbone), which oddly rialized in an Italian juvenile magazine under the title boasts the bone of a prehistoric cetacean on the fa?ade of a La Storia di un Burattino (The Story of a Marionette) house, might have inspired the plot of Pinocchio being swallowed in 1881, was turned into a book two years later called, by the Dogfish. “The Adventures of Pinocchio.” Believed to be the second-most-translated book after Certainly, real-life place names played a role when the author the Bible, the novel has inspired hundreds of new edi- of Pinocchio chose his pen name. tions, stage plays, merchandising and movies, such as Born Carlo Lorenzini, the writer went by the name Carlo Col- Walt Disney’s iconic animated version. lodi after his beloved mother’s home town Collodi, near Pistoia But new details about the story’s Florentine town in Tuscany. setting reveal fascinating new details about the iconic But not everyone buys into Vegni’s claim. work. According to Gianni Greco of the Associazione Pinocchio, “The present name (of the village of San Miniato Bas- Pinocchio was set between Florence and Castello, in a little town so) was given in 1924.” Vegni said. “We know from historical records that the village nearby. was originally called ‘Pinocchio,’ probably after the stream that runs nearby.” “The research is interesting, but I do not believe that Lorenzini was inspired by Collodi certainly knew the village. His father, a well-known chef, lived nearby San Miniato and its surroundings,” Greco, who owns a large collection of Pinocchio’s for several years. In 1825, one year before Carlo’s birth, his father moved from the rare editions, including the first one, told Discovery News. Pinocchio area to Florence to work for Marquis Lorenzo Ginori Lisci. “He spent his summers in Castello at his brother’s villa and there he penned the Vegni believes that Collodi not only visited San Miniato, but also met several book. At Castello he met Giovanna Ragionieri, a blond little girl with blue eyes, who people there and most likely used real people to inspire his characters.“When Gep- is said to have inspired the character of the Blue Haired Fairy,” Greco said. petto names his puppet, he says that he knew a whole family of Pinocchi: Pinocchio the father, Pinocchia the mother, and Pinocchi the children.” “The inhabitants of San Miniato were called Pinocchi or Pinocchini,” Vegni wrote. Street-life Nativity Starting in San Miniato, Vegni’s research showed several analogies with Col- www.italiannotebook.com lodi’s tale. Napoli, Campania BUCCHINO (PD): SULL’ICI IL GOVERNO In a bustling narrow alleyway in downtown Naples, Neapolitan life and Naples’ highest craft MANTENGA ORA L’IMPEGNO PRESO A FAVORE traditions merge. I can’t imagine Christmas without a walk in Via San Gregorio Armeno, nor any visit to DEGLI ITALIANI ALL’ESTERO Naples without a stop here. The sacred and the pro- La nuova detrazione di base sull’Imposta municipale IMU (ex ICI) sarà estesa fane blend in wondrous harmony in the Neapolitan anche ai cittadini italiani residenti all’estero proprietari di immobili non locati in presepio tradition. Italia? C’è l’impegno del Governo ma non sappiamo se sarà sufficiente o sarà invece, The sculpted terracotta presepe figures dressed come spesso succede, disatteso. L’Ordine del giorno sul’ICI presentato dall’On. Gino in hand-sewn, often bejeweled, intricately-em- Bucchino e firmato da numerosi altri parlamentari è stato infatti approvato dalla broidered splendor are miniature images of living Camera dei deputati venerdì scorso subito dopo il voto di fiducia alla manovra Monti. Napolitani today: only Per chi non ha dimestichezza con le procedure parlamentari, un Ordine del giorno the outfits change. The impegna il Governo ad attivarsi affinché un certo obiettivo sia realizzato. innkeeper, the butcher, L’Ordine del giorno di Bucchino evidenziava a Governo e Camera
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