Vincent Bernard Roulph Emilie Lemant
Emigration and affects
Emilie Lemant is a descendent of a family of people from the Soana Valley that emigrated to Paris. After two generations the link with the valley did not change. Emile wanted to live in Italy and in the holidays she comes back the the Valley. She explains the affection that still binds emigrants and their descentants to the Valley. She describes the feast and its changes in the past decade.
Video table of contents
- From Paris but Valsoanina
- The cult among the emigrants
- The Soana valley pride in Paris
- Le leggende di San Besso
- Changes of the feast
- The cult of the stone
- The routes of the pilgrimage
- Il nome Besso nella Val Soana
- Pilgrimage and the feast
- Campiglia and Cogne
- The finger of St. Besse
- The bid for carryingthe statue
Interview information
Country: IT
Region: Piemonte
City: Valprato Soana
District: TO
Suburb: Campiglia
Altitude: 2019m s.l.m.
Emilie Lemant
Date of birth: 03-16-1989
City: Nogent sur Marne (Francia)
School: High school or Secondary
Profession: Student
Languages: Italiano
Bibliography:
Farina F. (1929), Valle Soana. Guida storica-descrittiva illustrata, seconda edizione, corredata di 57 vedute e di uno schizzo cartografico, Torino, Tip. F. Mittone, 127 pp., 1 fig., 8 tav.
Document by: Gianpaolo Fassino
Video by: Luca Percivalle (con la collaborazione di Gianpaolo Fassino)
Created: 09-08-2012
