The characters
Particular, unconventional figures
that the community remembers with tenderness and amusement
Every village has its characters: particular people, unconventional, who with their eccentricities, their ways, their stories marked the collective memory of the community.
This section collects the portraits of those who became unforgettable in Rocchetta Sandri: not for historical feats or institutional positions, but for their character, singular habits, sayings that entered common language. People the community remembers with a smile, with tenderness, sometimes with amazement.
Oreste called Gambalaria
Told by Bruno PellegriniTypical character of Trentino, much loved by the community. Particular with his memorable fixations, like when he made up the cow with eyebrows and lipstick to take her to marry the bull.
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Told by Domenica Sarti (la Menga)The "idler" of the mountain who travelled with his bundle tied to a stick. In exchange for food and lodging he gave smiles, sympathy and spicy gossip. He admired women who for him were "all beautiful... all curly-haired".
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