Events and tours
The Consorzio Grado Turismo will promote and support the events organised on the island but is not responsible for their organisation or for any changes to the programme that may occur without prior notice. In order to keep up to date with the latest news or any changes in the programme, we strongly recommend consulting the official websites of the organisers or of the local institutions involved.
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ATTIVITÀ PER FAMIGLIE, ARTE E TEATRO
International Women's Day in Grado
8 March 2024
Position: Piazza Biagio Marin
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8 MARCH 2024 4.00 p.m. Piazza B. MARIN FLASH MOB with "DONNA MIMOSA" (artistic installation)
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15 MARCH 2024 5.00 p.m. Biblioteca Civica F. MARIN "meeting with the voice of DONNA MIMOSA" Woman and art
You are all invited
Free entrance.
Event organised by the association "La signora delle fiabe", in collaboration with the Municipality of Grado.
ARTE E TEATRO
LE MONDINE DI FOSSALON E DELLA BASSA FRIULANA
8 March 2024
Position: Auditorium Biagio Marin
08.45 p.m
"Le Mondine" ideally concludes the trilogy of shows produced by Grado Teatro on ancient female trades that began with "Le Anciughere" (2019) and continued with "Le Tabacchine" (2022). It was a remarkable project effort for a small company like Grado Teatro, but it testifies how peripheral cultural realities can have an extraordinary importance in keeping alive the cultural and popular memory of some, maybe marginal, but surely fascinating events of the past. In the early decades of the 20th century, particularly after the First World War, some areas, such as Fossalon and the Bassa Friulana, were given over to rice cultivation, not only with the intention of finding a new product to trade, but also to try to reclaim marshy swamps and thus transform them into fertile habitable areas.
For some time, therefore, the 'mondariso' also appeared in our area: seasonal labourers who were forced to perform, bent over for hours in the sun, with their bare legs in the water, hard and demanding work, often poorly paid and with the risk of being harassed by their bosses. Many were forced into this strenuous work because, after the war, there was no man left in the family who could support them.
Although brought back to its historical setting, in this performance the part entrusted to singers and musicians will be pre-eminent, since, despite the harshness of the daily commitment in the rice paddies, the lively and politically committed songs of the rice-workers still represent an exceptional musical heritage of extreme interest today.
From an idea by Tullio Svettini
Directed by Giorgio Amodeo
Production: Grado Teatro
The show is included in the 2023/2024 Season of the Biagio Marin Auditorium and offered free of charge to subscribers.
For the rest of the public, single ticket € 5.