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"Carl's Lounge" (Off-Topic Discussion, Traditional Knife "Tales & Vignettes")
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Frank, do you mind if I take a seat on your porch too? I like Dan's story as well 
SHS, it would be insane for me to own one of those trucks (they would not make it through the streets of the city center here) but I love them anyway...
So, I thought I might open another window on Sardinian traditions and folklore, since some of you guys seem to enjoy some peek into different cultures.
Last Tuesday afternoon I attended one of the oldest (and popular) traditional events here, called "La faradda di li Candareri" literally, "the descent of the Candelieri"). Born outside Sardinia in the XIII century, has become an annual tradition in a few towns here. It became a strong tradition after a vow to the Virgin to save the town from pestilence in XVI century, and since then the traditions went on (it "skipped" some years of course, but at least in the last three centuries it was made every year. So, here there still are (they might be on the road to extinction, yet they still survive) a few congregations of workers, some of which have been active since the Middle Age (carpenters, tailors, blacksmiths, and so on). Each congregation (named Gremio) has its own "Candeliere" (basically, a wooden column representing a candle, as an offer for the vow) which is adorned by flowers and flags and carried by eight men (around a mile I guess) through the very centre of the city till the church of St. Mary where there's a special function around midnight.
It's an extremely popular event (by far the most popular event of the year in northern Sardinia) and it attracts a some tourists as well. This year I felt the crowd was even bigger than usual (I attend it every year of course), the whole thing took a bit longer than scheduled but with no real trouble.
There is a sort of "competition" among the ten Candelieri (or rather, among the Gremi) as everyone makes it "dance" as much as possible to entertain the people in the streets. Here's a short example of what they do all along the way:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtTN5lK2yX8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09v4E1r385Y
If some of you guys happens to be around here in summer, this is a nice event to see, and pretty unusual I guess.
Again, to each his own (traditions)
Fausto
SHS, it would be insane for me to own one of those trucks (they would not make it through the streets of the city center here) but I love them anyway...
So, I thought I might open another window on Sardinian traditions and folklore, since some of you guys seem to enjoy some peek into different cultures.
Last Tuesday afternoon I attended one of the oldest (and popular) traditional events here, called "La faradda di li Candareri" literally, "the descent of the Candelieri"). Born outside Sardinia in the XIII century, has become an annual tradition in a few towns here. It became a strong tradition after a vow to the Virgin to save the town from pestilence in XVI century, and since then the traditions went on (it "skipped" some years of course, but at least in the last three centuries it was made every year. So, here there still are (they might be on the road to extinction, yet they still survive) a few congregations of workers, some of which have been active since the Middle Age (carpenters, tailors, blacksmiths, and so on). Each congregation (named Gremio) has its own "Candeliere" (basically, a wooden column representing a candle, as an offer for the vow) which is adorned by flowers and flags and carried by eight men (around a mile I guess) through the very centre of the city till the church of St. Mary where there's a special function around midnight.
It's an extremely popular event (by far the most popular event of the year in northern Sardinia) and it attracts a some tourists as well. This year I felt the crowd was even bigger than usual (I attend it every year of course), the whole thing took a bit longer than scheduled but with no real trouble.
There is a sort of "competition" among the ten Candelieri (or rather, among the Gremi) as everyone makes it "dance" as much as possible to entertain the people in the streets. Here's a short example of what they do all along the way:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtTN5lK2yX8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09v4E1r385Y
If some of you guys happens to be around here in summer, this is a nice event to see, and pretty unusual I guess.
Again, to each his own (traditions)
Fausto
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Dan,
I sure did like the story
Frank,
they are heavy indeed. I lifted one during the rehearsals some years ago; I had a friend there, so they let me do it, which is pretty uncommon. The men carring them are men who are somehow affiliated to one of the congregations and take pride to carry it along the way (most of them are very proud of it). With all the flags, flowers and things, they weigh between 200 kg up to 400 kg roughly. That's way they take frequent pauses along the way.
Fausto
I sure did like the story
Frank,
they are heavy indeed. I lifted one during the rehearsals some years ago; I had a friend there, so they let me do it, which is pretty uncommon. The men carring them are men who are somehow affiliated to one of the congregations and take pride to carry it along the way (most of them are very proud of it). With all the flags, flowers and things, they weigh between 200 kg up to 400 kg roughly. That's way they take frequent pauses along the way.
Fausto
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Dan,
I sure did like the story
Frank,
they are heavy indeed. I lifted one during the rehearsals some years ago; I had a friend there, so they let me do it, which is pretty uncommon. The men carring them are men who are somehow affiliated to one of the congregations and take pride to carry it along the way (most of them are very proud of it). With all the flags, flowers and things, they weigh between 200 kg up to 400 kg roughly. That's way they take frequent pauses along the way.
Fausto
Frequent pauses!
Whew, that's dedication right there.
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Two pictures, myself with my grandfathers Marine uniform cap, and my little brother in his full uniform, "aged" by my little sister on her phone. When I was skinny, I looked like my grandfather, who died when my mom was 10, and my little brother looks a lot like him. I look like him now, when he got to be a "big" fella 
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my ugly mug, the hat is too small and my noggin is too big
my little brother Paul
. my ugly mug, the hat is too small and my noggin is too big
my little brother Paul
My sobering story of the day.
Today I got a text from my dad just as I walked into my only class for the day that my grandma was being sent to the hospital because she couldn't breathe. She is on her 7th cancer. She beat it the first 6 times over the past 16 years that she has fought it. About 2 months ago we accidentally found that it had now developed in her brain and spine and that her time was limited. As was expected its progressed quickly with the effects of her falling more frequently due to weak legs and spine and losing her short term memory as time passes. On top of things my grandmas sisters are very selfish beings that create infinite amounts of stress to the situations by fighting with the doctors and creating arguments within the family which is what happened at the hospital today.
After my class I drove me and my sister up to the hospital, which is about an hour away, to see her. I had to stop at McDonalds on the way because my grandma had a taste for a cheeseburger and fries from there of all things. While eating she was having a hard time with those stupid bracelets that they put on that are always six sizes two big for ID purposes getting in her way and the excess part that the nurses never cut off getting caught on the oxygen tube. While she was getting frustrated I thought of something. I never had to leave my little Peanut in the car like I normally do at hospitals because there is no security at this one. So out came the little fella and solved the problem. Now I know this could have just as easily been solved by going around the halls looking for a nurse with some scissors but in all honestly using the little peanut was my gratification for the day.
Hopefully she will get to go home tomorrow. I sure hope so. I hate seeing anyone laying in those hospital beds.
Today I got a text from my dad just as I walked into my only class for the day that my grandma was being sent to the hospital because she couldn't breathe. She is on her 7th cancer. She beat it the first 6 times over the past 16 years that she has fought it. About 2 months ago we accidentally found that it had now developed in her brain and spine and that her time was limited. As was expected its progressed quickly with the effects of her falling more frequently due to weak legs and spine and losing her short term memory as time passes. On top of things my grandmas sisters are very selfish beings that create infinite amounts of stress to the situations by fighting with the doctors and creating arguments within the family which is what happened at the hospital today.
After my class I drove me and my sister up to the hospital, which is about an hour away, to see her. I had to stop at McDonalds on the way because my grandma had a taste for a cheeseburger and fries from there of all things. While eating she was having a hard time with those stupid bracelets that they put on that are always six sizes two big for ID purposes getting in her way and the excess part that the nurses never cut off getting caught on the oxygen tube. While she was getting frustrated I thought of something. I never had to leave my little Peanut in the car like I normally do at hospitals because there is no security at this one. So out came the little fella and solved the problem. Now I know this could have just as easily been solved by going around the halls looking for a nurse with some scissors but in all honestly using the little peanut was my gratification for the day.
Hopefully she will get to go home tomorrow. I sure hope so. I hate seeing anyone laying in those hospital beds.
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Prayers for grandma.
Dan, from another Dan, it felt great cutting those hospital wrist bands. I guess I'm one of the big wrists...
Dan, from another Dan, it felt great cutting those hospital wrist bands. I guess I'm one of the big wrists
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How many here play the harmonica? Blues, bluegrass, whatever. I'm taking it up, watching blues and bluegrass videos on Youtube. My grandfathers played, my uncles play, I need to finally stop messing around and start laying it down!
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Thanks, I will!