Certa is ITALIAN-NESS
Can a costume become a container of time and be soaked of emotional and tactile values? Valentina at @argiolaswinery is the perfect example, carrying the value of a costume with the traditional Sardinian dance in local attire. On the other side of Italy, can a loaf of bread and a bottle of wine generate an intimate connection between people? A marked yes from Chef Gabriele @gabriele.camiolo in @capofaro and Leonardo @pizzololeo from @villareale. And also, as simple as this: can hand gestures establish a closeness between the speaker and the receiver? From Alberto @albertotasca hands (representing of all of us Italians!) we are pretty sure.
As Italians, we grown up thinking that having lunch without eating bread is as unusual as rounding it off without espresso. There is no dinner that should not be honoured by opening a bottle of wine as there isn’t a conversation that doesn’t need a choreography of gestures to support the main thesis.
It isn’t easy to explain how these hereditary habits can be so intertwined with a culture. In a way, these actions all represents daily rituals of nourishment. Nourishment in its broadest sense. Emotional and spiritual, aesthetic and visual, tactile and olfactory. Nourishing experiences that can be “satisfying” in a nearly religious way. Just think about an Italian describing his favorite dish.
We’re not sure there’s any point in trying to describe the essence of Italy by word. If you need to find one, what would it be? #certaisitalianness
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