Many of you finding to visit this site,
will perhaps wonder the why of the existence.
It is not rhetorical but I firmly believe that
each of us, Albanian of Italy, to be fierce of
own origins, should undertake further, for
nothing of the ethnic and cultural patrimony to
goes be lost because ethnic minority.
And' a
homage that I hold both rightful to do to the
country that has given me the native and where I
live.
A country whose ancient origins of "Albanian
Colony", you are never been valorized and the
uses and customs, have been forgotten less and
less by the same present inhabitants as Arbėrėsh.
The influence unfortunately of the coast "tourism
and industrialization", have done him that the
new generations didn't even know from where his/her
own parents or one of the two originated better.
I would like therefore, also with the help of
all those people that own historical news,
traditions, customs, etc. to give back to my
country the original physiognomy, even though
only on these pages.
You because by now it is
not more possible to make to relive what, is lost.
In all the regions the ethnic minorities, are
object of special laws and facilitations so that
nothing of the past went lost.
For
Campomarino, this is never happened, the ancient
Albanian is by now an unknown language for the
new generations, only some elderly, pronunciation
still words in the ancient language.
Of the
uses and customs, it doesn't have more memory.
The few people that have the historical dates
on Campomarino, they jealously guard her, as
trophies and they don't do anything to make her
public and notes to everybody.
I would like
to this point to turn a particular thanks to:
prof. Pasquale D.G.
Silvana D.C
for the
searches and the publications that have divulged.
to my friend:
Giuseppe Marini
for
his one man show initiative to have created the
first site on Campomarino and on the history of
the present fields of aviation on the territory
during the II world war.
To my wife
Ernestina Piscopo
even though "foreign", as
they used to say the elderly ones, you/he/she has
tried to administer without personal affairs, to
make to change this country and to allow
everybody of to take advantage of the wealths of
the country; unfortunately "for few time"
A
thanks anticipated to all those people that will
want with their contribution to help this rich
site to make me and more and more complete of
data.
Giovanni Chimisso
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