To Thread - Forum Home

The Mudcat Café TM
https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=39149
21 messages

BS: Paliodonna di Udine

19 Sep 01 - 04:57 PM (#554286)
Subject: Paliodonna di Udine
From: pavane


Just back from a trip to Italy, and I am pleased to report that my daughter Siân (age 16) won a bareback horse race, representing Coventry in the Paliodonna di Udine.


'Palio' races are bareback horse races held in Italy since medieval times. The Udine Palio, first
recorded in 1334, is unique in that it is for female jockeys. The race was revived in 1994 after a
lapse of about 300 years, and is held on the second weekend in September on a track erected
around a park in the town centre.

The event, stretching over 4 days, is a festival of food, arts, crafts and traditional music as well as horse racing.
My wife and I have performed as a folk duo ('Pavane' of course)in previous years.
There is an art competition featuring pictures on the theme of women and bareback riding.

Teams are invited to compete. There are three groups, one being the 'Borgos' or areas within
Udine. The second group comprises teams from other towns in Italy, and the third group are teams
from towns in other European countries.

There is a separate competition for each group, and a grand final for the winners of each group.
Unfortunately, there was a false start in the grand final, and my daughter fell and broke her collar bone, so she couldn't compete in that.

19 Sep 01 - 05:55 PM (#554336)
Subject: RE: BS: Paliodonna di Udine
From: Sorcha

Oh, too bad. Sounds like you all had fun though. Nice to hear some "good" news! Thanks!

19 Sep 01 - 05:59 PM (#554341)
Subject: RE: BS: Paliodonna di Udine
From: pavane

And we drove all the way through Europe (1200 miles) to get there, towing a caravan. (Raining all the way!). We didn't actually hear about the terrible events in USA until someone sent us a text message on the phone.

19 Sep 01 - 06:05 PM (#554349)
Subject: RE: BS: Paliodonna di Udine
From: GUEST,Why Did You Post This HERE?????

Please limit your personal correspondence to e-mails and chat lines.

19 Sep 01 - 06:12 PM (#554354)
Subject: RE: BS: Paliodonna di Udine
From: pavane

Guest - see previous threads on guests and content of postings. Under the BS heading, almost anything goes. If you want to object you might at least become a member and study the guidelines.

19 Sep 01 - 06:27 PM (#554370)
Subject: RE: BS: Paliodonna di Udine
From: Sorcha

It's called Mudcat News.......and it is NOT trolling or flaming. I'm with pavane on this one, sorry!

19 Sep 01 - 06:48 PM (#554383)
Subject: RE: BS: Paliodonna di Udine
From: katlaughing

Kewl, Pavane! Sorry she took a spill, though.

The event itself sounds really interesting. Do you have any pictures of the art competition, esp.? Or, maybe there are some images online? My daughter is a horsewoman and I know would be interested in seeing/reading mreo about this event.

Oh, and making this even mre relevant, please tell us more about what songs/music you and your wife perform as "Pavane." Any choices esp. for this festival?

Thanks,

kat

19 Sep 01 - 07:38 PM (#554416)
Subject: RE: BS: Paliodonna di Udine
From: GUEST,WHY?

Look at the VERY top of this immediate page and explain HOW this posting is germain to the mission of this web-site? You women are out of line!!! Save your gossip for the private channels.

19 Sep 01 - 07:40 PM (#554419)
Subject: RE: BS: Paliodonna di Udine
From: GUEST,Sorry But GUEST is right on this one ladies

Look at the VERY top of this immediate page and explain HOW this posting is germain to the mission of this web-site? You women are out of line! PLEASE< Save your gossip for the private channels.

20 Sep 01 - 03:23 AM (#554674)
Subject: RE: BS: Paliodonna di Udine
From: pavane

The Paliodonna is a festival of art and music as well as a horse race. I will post a link later, but in the meantime you could search Google for Paliodonna to find their site.And guest, if you don't like this thread, you could always ignore it. Over and out.

20 Sep 01 - 04:09 AM (#554681)
Subject: RE: BS: Paliodonna di Udine
From: pavane

Links as promised. I do not yet have any pictures of this years event, but there are some from previous years at the web site.


The Paliodonna web site is Here " but be warned, the English version is not yet up to date, and the language used is somewhat un-English in places! (The site seems very slow to load today.)


You can find one of the pictures painted for a previous Paliodonna at the artist's site Stefan Cannelli
These paintings are always done on cloth. If you look closely, you will see that this contains the coats of arms of the various cities taking part.

When we performed as a duo, we were representing Neath, in Wales, and therefore played a number of Welsh folk tunes, such as Ty Coch Caerdydd, Mwpmwy Porteynon, Pwt-ar-y-Bus, Galch Gwyn Morgannwg. As she does not know any Welsh songs, Dawne (my wife) sang some English ones, Lowlands of Holland, Sorry the Day I was Married, Gentleman Soldier, Nutting Girl.

20 Sep 01 - 08:33 PM (#555307)
Subject: RE: BS: Paliodonna di Udine
From: Amos

Voluntary communications of good-will and interest to others are welcome here. This thread is an example of welcome news, freely given and freely read, and what others enjoy is none of your concern if you don't wish to bring about such enjoyment.

You are under NO obligation to read any thread marked BS if you do no wish to; but for those who are here for the sense of community as much as for the lore of ancient music, this is a welcome class of posting. And you who wish to suppress it may go jump on a pike.

Regards,

A

20 Sep 01 - 08:42 PM (#555310)
Subject: RE: BS: Paliodonna di Udine
From: MMario

And since the event is, as stated, a four day festival which includes traditional music it certainly seems to fit the site!

Pavane - is there a particular type of music that is heard frequently at this event? or is it a mix of traditional stuff from various areas?

21 Sep 01 - 10:35 AM (#555786)
Subject: RE: BS: Paliodonna di Udine
From: pavane

Thank you both for your support. MMario, the format varies from year to year, and this year, there was no traditional music at all! But going as an English team, we dressed in the costume parade as Morris dancers (which we are anyway) and performed The Nutting Girl jig at stopping points. In previous years, we have taken Welsh Clog dancers, and there have been folk dancers in various years from Austria, Italy, Hungary and Spain.

27 Sep 01 - 06:31 PM (#560257)
Subject: RE: BS: Paliodonna di Udine
From: pavane

Just got some pics back from this year's Paliodonna, including Pavane performing Nutting Girl jig during the grand costume parade through the town. Will post them on my web site as soon as possible (by the weekend, I hope).

27 Sep 01 - 06:35 PM (#560260)
Subject: RE: BS: Paliodonna di Udine
From: Sorcha

Oh, cool! Please give us you web site address when you get them up. I would like to see them!

27 Sep 01 - 06:54 PM (#560267)
Subject: RE: BS: Paliodonna di Udine
From: pavane

Web site address is www.greenhedges.com
I will let you know when they are there.

28 Sep 01 - 05:24 PM (#560998)
Subject: RE: BS: Paliodonna di Udine
From: McGrath of Harlow

A few years back at Sidmouth they had a team of flag-throwers from here at Sidmouth. Very spectacular.

We tend here to be too focused sometimes on the music and customs of English-speaking countries, which is a shame. Why you sometimes even get people blowing off about how this kind of thread doesn't belong here. Not worth taking any notice of them of course.

14 Oct 01 - 04:25 AM (#571652)
Subject: RE: BS: Paliodonna di Udine
From: pavane

Sorcha and other - more pictures of the horse now posted at my site

14 Oct 01 - 09:50 AM (#571724)
Subject: RE: BS: Paliodonna di Udine
From: Giac

Enjoyed the photos, pavane. Caused me to visit 45-year-old memories of riding a horse bareback at break-neck (or break-collarbone) speed. No feeling quite like it.

Congratulations to your daughter who will still cherish the experiences decades from now.

Oh, yes - relate to music - interesting to see Italian bagpipers *BG* ~;o)
Mary

14 Oct 01 - 01:46 PM (#571847)
Subject: RE: BS: Paliodonna di Udine
From: pavane

They told me that the pipes were actually Spanish. The group came fromn Trieste, I think.