
Francesco Aralda
Memories of a fisherman
Interviewed in 2007, Francesco Aralda, born in 1937, speaks about his experience as a fisherman; a profession he staterted when he was 15 and quitted in the 1970s. He explains the different fishing techniques and the different fish species of the Po river. He also tells about the duck hunting and the work of a water-carrier, a profession he undertook in the 1970s.
Video table of contents
- Presentation
- fishing techniques
- A day of a fisherman
- fishing period
- fishing at night
- nets
- how much did fish cost?
- fish types
- fishing eels
- come veniva cucinata l'anguilla
- traditional recipes for river fish
- fishing in the winter
- Incidents
- floods
- pollution
- Blessing the land
- Carnival
- St. James
- horse racing in Caresana
- No wheat begins on Monday
- Right moon for fishing
- swimming in the Po river
- "spingarda" fish
- Le gare sul Po
- How long does it take to build a boat?
- duck hunting
- Water-carrier
- A gate to measure the water level
- Districtual water-carrier
- seeding rice in a dry field
- Do you pay the water of your rice fields?
Interview information
Country: IT
Region: Piemonte
City: Casale Monferrato
District: AL
Suburb: Terranova
Altitude: 116m s.l.m.
Wikipedia: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Po
Francesco Aralda
Year: 1937
Profession: Pensioner
Languages: Italiano
Document by: Luca Ghiardo
Video by: Piercarlo Grimaldi
Created: 03-04-2007