Giuseppe Santovito Romano Salvetti
Truffle in Langa folklore
Romano Salvetti, born in 1954, is a scholar of popular culture of the Langa.
In this interview he focuses on truffles as an element strongly connected to the idea of magic that permeates the traditional rural world: the witches, the night and nocturnal animals (eg. the owl), lightning, etc.
Salvetti points out the best time for truffle is between All Saints and St. Martin, the heart of autumn.
Video table of contents
- Thunder and truffle
- The Ave Maria is the beginning of the night
- The minx
- Witches
- Truffle, Saint Martin and the Celtical Carnival
- Lunar cyrcle
- The cult of the dead
- Truffle hunters and their rites
- Stimulating the senses
- Lunar phases
- Truffle and garlic
- Proverbs
- Aphrodisiac
- Essence
- The two sculpture in Paroldo
Interview information
Country: IT
Region: Piemonte
City: Paroldo
District: CN
Altitude: 640m s.l.m.
Wikipedia: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroldo
Attached documents:
Romano Salvetti
Date of birth: 07-27-1954
Languages: Italiano
Bibliography:
Salvetti Romano (2007), Donne della medicina. Cronache di memorie ritrovate, Boves, Araba Fenice.
Salvetti Romano (2012), I mondi del tartufo, in “Rassegna. Rivista della Banca regionale europea”, n. 34, pp. 36-39.
Document by: Gianpaolo Fassino, Luca Percivalle, Michele Filippo Fontefrancesco
Video by: Remo Schellino
Created: 31-01-2015
Questo video fa parte del seguente archivio
The white truffle
The white truffle
The archive investigates white truffles, known for their taste and frivolous aspects, but not for their cultural characteristics which plasmed generations of truffle hunters. The research presents a substrate of knowledge documented through dozens of interviews: historical and anthropological elements, rituals and myths on this prized fungus, still considered nowadays a nocturnal mystery. The project was promoted by the University of Gastronomic Sciences, l’Athe National Association “Città del Tartufo”, the national centre for truffle research and the Cassa di Risparmio di Cuneo Foundation.
