(20 January 2016) “Fontana di aga dal me paìs. A no è aga pì fres-cia che tal me paìs. Fontana di rustic amòur” (Water fountain in my country. There is no water cooler than my country. Fountain of rustic love”) is one of the Poems in Casarsa written by Pier Paolo Pasolini in Friulian. A hidden talent of the great artist that will be celebrated with “Pasolini, the poet: Friuli, Italy and Beyond.” Set up by the Fogolâr Furlan of Dublin with the aim to unite people from Friuli and Irish resident sympathizers in one Association, the event will be hosted Thursday, January 21, at 6pm, at Trinity College. The evening was organized in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Dublin, the Italian Society of Trinity College, with the contribution of the Ente Friuli nel Mondo and the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia. The soirée will unveil an unknown Pasolini, the poet – from his first experiments with Casarsa and the following evolutions into Italian. Davide Gessi, president of Fogolâr Dublin, explains: “We chose to revisit the works of Pasolini in English, so that a greater audience can learn and appreciate the greatness of this artist, emphasizing the importance and use of the Friulian language in his poems. And so I must thank the Centro Studi Pier Paolo Pasolini of Casarsa for their fundamental contribution and warmly welcoming our proposal to collaborate. ” (Red)
