Post by Διαμονδ on Feb 9, 2018 23:34:08 GMT
German influence on the inhabitants of Italy!
"150 years ago Garibaldi made Italy, but forgot to make Italians!"
After the collapse of the Roman Empire, the borders of the state on the territory of the Apennine Peninsula changed many times. And the culture of Sicily, which was conquered by the Greeks, then by the Arabs, then by the Spaniards, differs from the culture of Venice: a proud, rich and independent city-state. It differs from Milan, which for centuries has been influenced by Germanic tribes.
The difference between the North and the South is noticeable in both cultural and racial-anthropological aspects. For example, in Bolzano most of the population speaks German, and at sea to Calabria, a peculiar Calabresian dialect prevails.
The northern regions of Italy are distinguished by a developed economy, large cities, a powerful industry, while the southern regions have a developed agrarian sector and are filled with more villages. Northern Italians are much lighter than southern brothers, more reserved, prefer practical, tight clothes.
Northern Italians believe that below the Rome on the map begins barbarian Africa, and even call their southern compatriots insulting word "terroni". This concept comes from the word "terra" - "earth".
Southern Italy is considered the birthplace of barefoot and illiterate beggars who speak in an incomprehensible dialect.
According to the southern Italians, the inhabitants of Northern Italy, firstly, are very hard-hearted and closed people, almost like conservative Germans, and secondly, they devote their whole lives to endless and boring work, not allowing themselves to even relax for a minute. An excellent example of the reflection of this eternal contradiction in culture is the film "Welcome to the South" ("Benvenuti al Sud"). According to the plot of the employee from the North, they are sent to the southern branch of the company, and this is for him a real career tragedy and the end of all life in general. The hero will face a strange southern speech, incomprehensible culinary concepts and a strange attitude towards work and life. At the same time, as another character of the movie will note, "the Nords are crying here twice: the first time they come and the second when they have to return home."
"150 years ago Garibaldi made Italy, but forgot to make Italians!"
After the collapse of the Roman Empire, the borders of the state on the territory of the Apennine Peninsula changed many times. And the culture of Sicily, which was conquered by the Greeks, then by the Arabs, then by the Spaniards, differs from the culture of Venice: a proud, rich and independent city-state. It differs from Milan, which for centuries has been influenced by Germanic tribes.
The difference between the North and the South is noticeable in both cultural and racial-anthropological aspects. For example, in Bolzano most of the population speaks German, and at sea to Calabria, a peculiar Calabresian dialect prevails.
The northern regions of Italy are distinguished by a developed economy, large cities, a powerful industry, while the southern regions have a developed agrarian sector and are filled with more villages. Northern Italians are much lighter than southern brothers, more reserved, prefer practical, tight clothes.
Northern Italians believe that below the Rome on the map begins barbarian Africa, and even call their southern compatriots insulting word "terroni". This concept comes from the word "terra" - "earth".
Southern Italy is considered the birthplace of barefoot and illiterate beggars who speak in an incomprehensible dialect.
According to the southern Italians, the inhabitants of Northern Italy, firstly, are very hard-hearted and closed people, almost like conservative Germans, and secondly, they devote their whole lives to endless and boring work, not allowing themselves to even relax for a minute. An excellent example of the reflection of this eternal contradiction in culture is the film "Welcome to the South" ("Benvenuti al Sud"). According to the plot of the employee from the North, they are sent to the southern branch of the company, and this is for him a real career tragedy and the end of all life in general. The hero will face a strange southern speech, incomprehensible culinary concepts and a strange attitude towards work and life. At the same time, as another character of the movie will note, "the Nords are crying here twice: the first time they come and the second when they have to return home."