Artists such as Lello Analfino, frontman of the musical group "Tinturia", or the storyteller SalvoPiparo, guardian of Sicilian linguistic memories, will be involved in the project to enhance the Sicilian dialect in schools.
The initiative of the M5s MEP Ignazio Corrao was presented today in the Pio La Torre room of Palazzo dei Normanni in Palermo with the regional councilor for Education Mimmo Turano.
"For generations speaking in Sicilian dialect was considered a stigma. Now it is no longer so - says Corrao - We have brought together the academic world, the cultural world, the artistic and entrepreneurial world for a project which, in perspective, can lead to recognition, also at a European level, of the Sicilian dialect as happens, for example, with Galician and Castilian" he explains.
"We will go to schools to sing and tell Insicilian stories - says Piparo - so that it returns to being a living language even among young people" "We must build an educational and emotional path for a communication project that fascinates teachers and students. I
make the precise commitment to start the artistic meetings have joined the initiative with the students by next March" says Turano.
The regional Department of Education and Training has committed funds amounting to 200 thousand euros for the initiative.
The Umberto classical high school in Palermo is the hub for managing the projects, ready to launch the notices that will involve the other Sicilian schools.
"We train teachers to introduce Sicilian history and language in the schools that participate in the projects and we edit numerous publications" says Vito Lo Scrudato, head teacher of the high school.
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