Context information for: Occitan
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Author: Anonymous Title: THE VALLEYS OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES: OCCITANIAN MOTHER TONGUES To learn more about it Subject: FICTION (813)
... of the Olympic games is Torino but several ski contests– crosscountry, downhill, jumping – take place on the snowy slopes of the Chisone, High Susa, Germanasca and Pellice valleys. The language spoken in these valleys is the langue d’oc, or Occitan. A territory including the Po, Varaita, Maira, Grana, Stura, Gesso, Vermenagna, Bisalta and Quié valleys located between the Cottian and the Maritime Alps, the easternmost part of a country that is not marked on the maps, but nevertheless exists. These

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Author: Anonymous Title: THE VALLEYS OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES: OCCITANIAN MOTHER TONGUES To learn more about it Subject: FICTION (813)
... much in a hurry and will look for more familiar contacts. Occitan is spoken in family, bars, inns, even on ski slopes, because several ski monitors are Occitan. Stefania Belmondo Olympic cross-country ski champion speaks Occitan . Pierino Gros is Occitan, and comes from the valley of Susa, an unforgettable Olympic ski champion. In order to hear the sound of the Occitanian language approach everyday life, visit markets, small villages, then ask people to talk. The Occitans of the valleys are

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Author: Anonymous Title: THE VALLEYS OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES: OCCITANIAN MOTHER TONGUES To learn more about it Subject: FICTION (813)
... By this initiative the Province of Torino aims at showing the “genius loci” of the mountain areas where the alpine ski events will take place, by starting from one of the most representative and best-rooted characteristics: the mother tongues, Occitan and Francoprovençal. We are talking about the classical languages of the troubadours, acknowledged even by Dante Alighieri in his “Comedy” for the quality of their expressive and poetical abilities. Being able to introduce these deep cultural roots, not without pride,

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Author: Anonymous Title: THE VALLEYS OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES: OCCITANIAN MOTHER TONGUES To learn more about it Subject: FICTION (813)
... Occitan is taught in primary schools (las Calandretas) and in Universities. In Piedmont, Liguria and Calabria courses of culture of the territory are held supported by the Regions and the Provinces. Law 482/99 of the Italian republic, that recognizes Occitan and Francoprovencal includes quite a few hours for these languages even in the radio and television programs, therefore we will soon find these languages on TV, too. Would you like to attend a course of Occitan? Write to chambradoc@chambradoc.

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Author: Anonymous Title: THE VALLEYS OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES: OCCITANIAN MOTHER TONGUES To learn more about it Subject: FICTION (813)
... notary publics of the Chisone valley used to write in Occitan. In the nineteenth century there was a great literary renaissance expressed by Frédéric Mistral, a Provencal poet, who was awarded the Noble Prize for Literature for his works in Occitan in 1904. Today Occitan is well spread, with newspapers, magazines, music, films, theatre and most important of all with language courses. In the Langue d’Oc countries on the other side of the Alps Occitan is taught in primary schools (las