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Forni Avoltri rediscovers village shops: two examples of community welfare and food excellence

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Village food shops are an authentic expression of social and food resistance, as well as cultural headmasters and relations of inestimable value. In Forni Avoltri, a small village in the Carnia region, Eugenia and Loris run their small shops with passion and pride, custodians, moreover, of food excellence truly worthy of note.

“Passion generates the dream, i.e. it puts an idea above you.”
C. Tsouroukidis

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Mountain chalets: the fascination of the Dolomiti village in Carnia

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Having your own chalet at an altitude of 1,000 metres, where nature is still alive and unspoilt. Being completely immersed in the forest, with its scents and animals. In Carnia this is a dream come true at Dolomiti Village, the first wooden chalet village in the region. We tell you about it.

“Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. They do not preach learning and precepts, they preach, undeterred by particulars, the ancient law of life.” E. Hesse

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The history of bread with a forest fragrance: Pancor

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There are stories that are good for the heart. And the one about bread that smells of the forest is one of them. A story that has become a documentary: the protagonist is the visionary intuition of a chef, Stefano Basello, and the extraordinary generosity of Mother Nature.

“What you will see in this film is an already better world, it is a world that exists, it is concrete and it is made of real people who have created a kind of magic in the place where they live.” S. Bergmann

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The Lady of the boiled wool jackets: De Antoni Carnia’s masterpieces

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Mariateresa De Antoni, the queen of boiled wool jackets in Carnia. In Comeglians she leads one of the few laboratories in Italy for weaving and making boiled wool articles, worked from the yarn to the baking up to the making, following traditional times and methods.

“Wool contains hydrogen, oxygen, sulphur and many other elements. A real panacea for the body. Wool wearers are more balanced and communicative.” W. Schwienbacher

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“Nothing is lost”: the art of life in Illegio

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Nothing is lost, a title that is able to shake immediately; in a moment like the one we are living, forced to fight against the insidious pandemic, Illegio celebrates life and beauty that never give up.

“Our life is a work of art, whether we know it or not, whether we like it or not.” Zygmunt Baumann

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Dina&Chiara’s Friulane slippers: tradition and style

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Each time is like a miracle that renews itself. And every time it is the same joy, the same satisfaction, when that remnant of fabric, chosen among a thousand available, is transformed into an elegant, unique and perfect pair of scarpez, the typical Friulane slippers.

“Where a work is created, where a dream continues, a tree is planted, a child is given to birth, life works there and a breach has opened in the darkness of time.” Herman Hesse

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