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Word stories

taken from the lexicon of Conflenti Author: Vittoria Butera Recovering the local dialects and the cultures produced by the people who speak them means not only safeguarding a substantial baggage…

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In the kitchen

Author: Vittoria Butera The hearth 'U focùne was different from a chimney in that it had no hood. It was located in the attic ('u tavulàtu), which was covered with…

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Weaving and Spinning

Author: Vittoria Butera “Tu chi vìeni de mètere\ difriscate a ‘stu manganu” Local saying ‘U tilàru. The loom is the voluminous instrument of weaving. The derivation of the name from…

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