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Detourism Venezia web magazine #21

Detourism is the web magazine of the City of Venice for slow and sustainable tourism, for curious travellers who enjoy wander off the beaten path.

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DISNAR PER LA STORICA /A DINNER FOR THE HISTORICAL REGATTA<br />

Nella pagina a fianco<br />

/on the opposite page<br />

Disnar in rio terà Barba Frutariol.<br />

/Disnar in rio Terà Barba Frutariol.<br />

photo: Massimo Andreoli<br />

In alto /at the top<br />

"La regata", 1870-1880 ca<br />

Giovanni Battista Brusa<br />

[J. Paul Getty Museum]<br />

/"The Regatta", 1870-1880<br />

Giovanni Battista Brusa<br />

[J. Paul Getty Museum].<br />

photo: Thetis<br />

Canal Grande dove trovare un<br />

buon posto prima della<br />

partenza del corteo, muniti di<br />

viveri e bibite. Finalmente il Canale<br />

si calmava e diventava<br />

piatto, liscio, perfetto; chi<br />

rompeva gli equilibri tuffandosi<br />

o mollando gli ormeggi veniva<br />

investito dai getti d’acqua dei<br />

vigili del fuoco sempre all’erta.<br />

I cortei avevano un ruolo politico<br />

e sociale - incluso qualche<br />

fischio alle autorità. Con gli anni<br />

anche questo momento ha<br />

subito mutazioni significative:<br />

dai vocianti gruppi di barche a<br />

remi si è passati alle barche a<br />

motore i cui fumi annebbiavano<br />

e “aromatizzavano” l’aria, per<br />

arrivare alla calma di questi<br />

ultimi anni.<br />

Perciò l'appuntamento rimane<br />

lo stesso ma notate una minor<br />

partecipazione?<br />

La festa negli ultimi anni ha<br />

perso mordente e gli spettatori<br />

sono sempre di meno. Il declino<br />

sembra incontenibile e<br />

drammatico. Non è ammissibile<br />

perdere un simile evento e tali<br />

emozioni, perdere i significati di<br />

questa storia unica.<br />

Quali erano i momenti più<br />

intensi e partecipati di questa<br />

giornata?<br />

Il finale ad esempio: visti passare<br />

i nostri eroi, si mollavano gli<br />

ormeggi per immergersi in un<br />

mare di barche impazzite,<br />

ognuna con direzioni diverse,<br />

spesso bloccate da veri e propri<br />

ingorghi e dai cordini tesi a<br />

protezione della zona della Machina.<br />

Ma come fare per riportare la<br />

gente in Canal Grande?<br />

Ci ho pensato per tre anni<br />

senza trovare persone che mi<br />

wonderful day of celebration: it<br />

was the celebration of rowing,<br />

of the world of rowing, of Venice<br />

itself.<br />

You are speaking in the past<br />

tense: is this no longer how it<br />

is?<br />

Indeed: we would get together<br />

early in the morning and then<br />

row to the Grand Canal where<br />

we would try and find a good<br />

position before the pageant left,<br />

armed with lots of food and<br />

drink. In the end, the Canal<br />

would calm down, becoming<br />

flat, smooth, perfect; anyone<br />

who tried to upset the balances<br />

by diving in to the water or leaving<br />

their moorings would be<br />

knocked over by the water jets<br />

sprayed by the ever-alert firemen.<br />

The pageants played a<br />

political and social role – and<br />

also contained an element of<br />

criticism directed at the authorities.<br />

Over the years, it also<br />

underwent a series of significant<br />

changes: passing from vociferous<br />

groups of rowing boats to<br />

motor boats, with smoke that<br />

would fog and “perfume” the air,<br />

before finally achieving the calm<br />

that has reigned for the past few<br />

years now.<br />

So would you say that the<br />

event has remained the same,<br />

but you note that fewer people<br />

are taking part in it?<br />

Over the last few years the<br />

event has lost its edge and the<br />

number of spectators attending<br />

continues to fall. The decline in<br />

attendance appears to be<br />

uncontainable and dramatic.<br />

It is unthinkable that we could<br />

lose such an event, and the<br />

emotions that accompany it. It is<br />

simply unthinkable that we

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