Tradition, arts, trades in Longobucco. A permanent exhibition dedicated to craftsmanship and ancient trades in the enchanted place of the former Convent of the Minor Franciscan Friars… The recovery of the historical-cultural memory of a town through this indispensable and necessary heritage to appreciate and protect it from oblivion, providing for the protection and enhancement of our artistic and social heritage as a sign and testimony of our past and our roots. Longobucco has always been known for the industriousness and ingenuity of its inhabitants who, even outside their territory, have always proven to be excellent and skilled workers who have managed to equip themselves, carrying forward their families with extreme sacrifice and great dignity. Women, sometimes silently and laboriously, without ever receiving recognition from anyone, have perhaps contributed more than men to the economy of the household and the territory, taking care of the children, baking bread, gathering firewood, olives, tending the garden, preserving food, and turning textile work into authentic art. Already from the 18th century, after the exploitation of the ancient mines, the main activity in Longobucco became agriculture (laborers and peasants). The former worked daily, constantly moving with a viartula (satchel) on their back, a cistariaddu, and a few tools (hoe, small hoe, etc.) relying solely on their own strength. Longobucco laborers contributed to building all major infrastructure works between the 1960s and 1980s. The massari, the peasants, were mainly engaged in growing wheat and barley, using tools such as favucia, facianu, aratru, etc. We also recall the shepherds, the sawyers (mannisi) of Sila, the charcoal burners, the muleteers, among the most numerous until the 1980s the carpenters, tailors, and shoemakers. Also barbers, coopers, blacksmiths, tinsmiths, chairmakers, millers, town criers, and those who conserved snow (nivari). Weaving is one of the oldest and most traditional crafts, passed down from mother to daughter, preserving the genuineness of tastes and patterns that make it as delicate and original as it is appreciated and sought after.
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Information about Crafts and Ancient Trades Exhibition
Via Roma, 2
87066 Longobucco (Cosenza)
098372178
comunelongobucco@yahoo.it
https://www.comunelongobucco.eu
Source: MIBACT
