2023-05-20 14:05:00
“Chills… chills and Romagna pride”. It’s the emotions that Caroline Casadeidaughter of Raoul Casadei, confesses to time.news after seeing and hearing many young volunteers sing ‘my Romagna’ as they collect water and shovel mud from the premises and streets affected by the flood that has swept across the region. “We have a restaurant in Cesenaticowe had damages but today we are closed to go and help our friends from Cesena who have been affected more than us: this is the true soul of Romagna”, exclaims Carolina.
The daughter likes to remember the words written by Raul Casadei in the last lines of his autobiography, ‘A cricket was enough’, where he states: “Our music has a secret, which is that of our people: they have their feet firmly planted on the ground. And when the wind blows hard, it can bang and lean but always remains firm and, above all, knows how to laugh at the wind”. And precisely “this is the beauty of the people of Romagna – comments the other daughter, Mirna Casadei – they laugh at the wind, they always find the bright side, the beautiful part even in trouble. An innate gift of those who love to enjoy life while always leaving their hearts open. That’s why he holds his ground: he knows how to laugh at the wind!”.
Resumes Caroline Casadei: “We are grappling with a huge tragedy, but the fact that people sing while they work gives an incredible emotion. It is less beautiful to see that despite everything the concert of Bruce Springsteen in Ferrara, with people laughing and dancing in such a bad moment: I am thinking of those who see those live images while standing in the middle of a street because they have lost everything… Instead, the feeling of hearing the notes of ‘my Romagna’ sing with a smile from the people who help other people in this difficulty. Many people from Romagna who have written on a sign not to call them ‘angels of the mud’ but in dialect ‘who burdel del paciug’those mud boys…”.
(Of Enzo Bonaiuto)
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