Bunicul meu Antonio Stefani \u0219i so\u021bia sa care locuiau \u00een Bolognana au avut 9 copii, dintre care unul a murit \u00een r\u0103zboi, familia era mult\u0103, mizeria la fel; tat\u0103l meu era carabinier, singurul remediu la acea vreme era emigrarea, a\u0219a c\u0103 2 fii au decis s\u0103 plece \u00een America, cele 5 fiice \u00een schimb au decis s\u0103 se al\u0103ture \"mireselor prin procur\u0103\". Mul\u021bi b\u0103rba\u021bi au emigrat \u00een Canada Englez\u0103 (Columbia) unde totul era \u00eenc\u0103 s\u0103lbatic, de fapt \u00eenc\u0103 mai existau sate indiene \u0219i ur\u0219i care cutreierau p\u0103durile, iar ace\u0219ti b\u0103rba\u021bi, care lucrau \u00een mine, cereau s\u0103 aib\u0103 o so\u021bie italian\u0103 \u0219i s\u0103 se c\u0103s\u0103toreasc\u0103 cu ea prin procur\u0103. A\u0219a se face c\u0103 multe femei s-au al\u0103turat \u0219i vasul mireselor a plecat, c\u0103l\u0103toria a fost lung\u0103 \u0219i dureroas\u0103 pentru c\u0103 \u00ee\u0219i p\u0103r\u0103seau propriul p\u0103m\u00e2nt \u0219i, \u00een timp ce plecau din Italia, se g\u00e2ndeau la b\u0103rbatul pe care \u00eel vor g\u0103si, pe care abia \u00eel cuno\u0219teau din c\u00e2teva fotografii \u0219terse, dar speran\u021ba unei vie\u021bi mai bune era puternic\u0103. Mi-au povestit aceste lucruri atunci c\u00e2nd am decis s\u0103 ne vizit\u0103m verii \u00een urm\u0103 cu c\u00e2\u021biva ani \u0219i am plecat cu familia mea \u0219i cu v\u0103rul meu Fernando din Bolognana \u00eempreun\u0103 cu so\u021bia sa.<\/p>\n
C\u0103l\u0103toria a durat aproximativ 20 de ore \u0219i c\u00e2nd am ajuns ne a\u0219teptau mul\u021bi oameni, spuneau italienii, to\u021bi vorbeau limba noastr\u0103 \u0219i to\u021bi voiau s\u0103 povesteasc\u0103, mai ales acele femei care, c\u00e2nd au ajuns, se d\u0103duser\u0103 \u00een c\u0103s\u0103torie prin procur\u0103 cu acei b\u0103rba\u021bi necunoscu\u021bi.<\/p>\n
Ei \u0219i-au spus pove\u0219tile, c\u0103 la \u00eenceput nu s-au sim\u021bit bine pentru c\u0103 nu existau case, a\u0219a c\u0103 au fost nevoi\u021bi s\u0103 doarm\u0103 \u00een pivni\u021be: nu existau nici drumuri, dar aveau speran\u021ba c\u0103 munca \u00een min\u0103 \u0219i c\u00e2teva locuri de munc\u0103 suplimentare le-ar putea oferi un viitor mai bun.<\/p>\n
Ne-au dus s\u0103 vedem minele, primele case f\u0103cute din trunchiuri de copaci, p\u0103reau ferici\u021bi cu oamenii lor pe care \u00eencepuser\u0103 s\u0103-i iubeasc\u0103 printre sacrificii \u0219i greut\u0103\u021bi Acum toat\u0103 lumea era bine \u0219i noi eram ca ni\u0219te prizonieri ai lor, pentru c\u0103 nu ne p\u0103r\u0103seau niciodat\u0103 \u0219i ne povesteau continuu despre ce fusese \u00een trecut \u0219i ne aduceau mereu mici cadouri: somon, dulciuri, invita\u021bii la cin\u0103, se \u00eentreceau s\u0103 ne arate tot ce f\u0103cuser\u0103 \u0219i noi \u00eei urm\u0103ream, ne duceau la spital \u0219i la o mare fabric\u0103 unde prelucrau mineralele pe care le extr\u0103geau din mine, c\u0103rbune, cupru, fier, argint, aur \u0219i ne sim\u021beam \u0219i noi foarte m\u00e2ndri pentru c\u0103 italienii \u00een lume nu ne-au dezam\u0103git niciodat\u0103.<\/p>\n
Gallicano 23 decembrie 2003<\/p>\n
Cesarina Baldacci<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"class_list":["post-10855","testimonianza","type-testimonianza","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fondazionepaolocresci.it\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/testimonianza\/10855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fondazionepaolocresci.it\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/testimonianza"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fondazionepaolocresci.it\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/testimonianza"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fondazionepaolocresci.it\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}