Uruguay 1996/2013
Chapter Five
The latest 1996 Uruguay images are dedicated to Colonia
Valdense, a place where in the late of the 1800 a Valdese community
coming from Italy and more precisely from the valleys of Torre Pellice decided to settle.
In 1996 I went to Colonia Valdense to meet some members of the Association “Famija Piemonteisa” and with them I discovered the community, the historic sites of their early settlements and the life of the rural community of those years.
I kept in touch with people and in last May (2013) I went back to Colonia Valdense. The elderly guys were no more alive, but I met their children and grandchildren and it was very interesting to see the differences in mentality between the old and new generation.
In young people the nostalgia for the homeland left is no more the main sentiment, but they have a cultural interest towards social and community habits of the valleys of origin.
I was greeted very warmly, but I had no doubt about that. They told me about their life, we compared the social and community changes and we spoke a lot on the current political phase of their country, of which they are very proud of, a time of economic and moral growth certainly enviable and very far from the actual political models in Italy.
The next and final chapter will be dedicated to photographs taken during the 2013 Spring.
he latest 1996 Uruguay images are dedicated to Colonia
Valdense, a place where in the late of the 1800 a Valdese community
coming from Italy and more precisely from the valleys of Torre Pellice decided to settle.
Valdense, a place where in the late of the 1800 a Valdese community
coming from Italy and more precisely from the valleys of Torre Pellice decided to settle.
In 1996 I went to Colonia Valdense to meet some members of the Association “Famija Piemonteisa” and with them I discovered the community, the historic sites of their early settlements and the life of the rural community of those years.
I kept in touch with people and in last May (2013) I went back to Colonia Valdense. The elderly guys were no more alive, but I met their children and grandchildren and it was very interesting to see the differences in mentality between the old and new generation.
In young people the nostalgia for the homeland left is no more the main sentiment, but they have a cultural interest towards social and community habits of the valleys oforigin.
I was greeted very warmly, but I had no doubt about that. They told me about their life, we compared the social and community changes and we spoke a lot on the current political phase of their country, of which they are very proud of, a time of economic and moral growth certainly enviable and very far from the actual political models in Italy.
The next and final chapter will be dedicated to photographs taken during the 2013 Spring.
The latest 1996 Uruguay images are dedicated to Colonia
Valdense, a place where in the late of the 1800 a Valdese community
coming from Italy and more precisely from the valleys of Torre Pellice decided to settle.
Valdense, a place where in the late of the 1800 a Valdese community
coming from Italy and more precisely from the valleys of Torre Pellice decided to settle.
In 1996 I went to Colonia Valdense to meet some members of the Association “Famija Piemonteisa” and with them I discovered the community, the historic sites of their early settlements and the life of the rural community of those years.
I kept in touch with people and in last May (2013) I went back to Colonia Valdense. The elderly guys were no more alive, but I met their children and grandchildren and it was very interesting to see the differences in mentality between the old and new generation.
In young people the nostalgia for the homeland left is no more the main sentiment, but they have a cultural interest towards social and community habits of the valleys oforigin.
I was greeted very warmly, but I had no doubt about that. They told me about their life, we compared the social and community changes and we spoke a lot on the current political phase of their country, of which they are very proud of, a time of economic and moral growth certainly enviable and very far from the actual political models in Italy.
The next and final chapter will be dedicated to photographs taken during the 2013 Spring.
The latest 1996 Uruguay images are dedicated to Colonia
Valdense, a place where in the late of the 1800 a Valdese community
coming from Italy and more precisely from the valleys of Torre Pellice decided to settle.
Valdense, a place where in the late of the 1800 a Valdese community
coming from Italy and more precisely from the valleys of Torre Pellice decided to settle.
In 1996 I went to Colonia Valdense to meet some members of the Association “Famija Piemonteisa” and with them I discovered the community, the historic sites of their early settlements and the life of the rural community of those years.
I kept in touch with people and in last May (2013) I went back to Colonia Valdense. The elderly guys were no more alive, but I met their children and grandchildren and it was very interesting to see the differences in mentality between the old and new generation.
In young people the nostalgia for the homeland left is no more the main sentiment, but they have a cultural interest towards social and community habits of the valleys oforigin.
I was greeted very warmly, but I had no doubt about that. They told me about their life, we compared the social and community changes and we spoke a lot on the current political phase of their country, of which they are very proud of, a time of economic and moral growth certainly enviable and very far from the actual political models in Italy.
The next and final chapter will be dedicated to photographs taken during the 2013 Spring.
Colonia Valdense
Rio De La Plata
Famija Piamonteisa
La Paz
Thanks to the families Malan, Long and Sibille
