Vincent Bernard Roulph Adriano Gea
History of an Alpine cult and its change
Adriano Gea, born and bred in Campiglia, tells about the recent changes of the feast of St. Besse, such as the television covering or the Internet streaming broadcastin of the cerimony. Exaplaining these changes and their reasons, Adriano Gea speaks of the rites and the believes that underpin the cutl. He also speaks of Francesco Farina's tourist guide published in 1909 and 1929 that is a classic source of information for he region nowadays.
Video table of contents
- The summer in Campiglia and the feast of St. Besse
- Recent changes
- Organization of the feast
- The priors: present and past
- Internet streaming
- The priors
- Stories of emigration
- The stone
- Cogne and the Soana Valley
- San Besso ed i coscritti
- The feast in December
- Francesco Farina's guide
- The legend of St. Besse
Interview information
Country: IT
Region: Piemonte
City: Valprato Soana
District: TO
Suburb: Campiglia
Altitude: 2019m s.l.m.
Wikipedia: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santuario_di_San_Besso
Urls: Robert Hertz, edizione on line di: Saint Besse. Étude d’un culte alpestre, Pellegrinaggio di S. Besso - Cogne e Soana di nuovo uniti
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Adriano Gea
Date of birth: 04-04-1990
City: Ivrea
School: High school or Secondary
Profession: Self-employed
Languages: Italiano
Bibliography:
Bertotto S. (1985), Tradition païenne et culte chrétien au sanctuaire de Saint-Bès, au Val Soana, in “Lo flambò - Le flambeau”, pp. 5-21.
Farina F. (1909), Valle Soana. Guida storico-descrittiva illustrata, Ivrea, L. Garda, 131 pp. (ristampa anastatica Cuorgnè, Corsac, 1989 (Orco reprints, 4)).
Document by: Gianpaolo Fassino
Video by: Luca Percivalle (con la collaborazione di Gianpaolo Fassino)
Created: 09-08-2012
