San Marino participates with the story “Marino and the Bear” in the anthology of fairy tales from the world of Expo 2020 Dubai
During the holiday season Expo 2020 Dubai has released a collection of inspiring and entertaining children’s stories that celebrate multiculturalism, diversity and inclusion. Children’s Tales From Around the World is in fact a collective project involving talented storytellers and artists, of all ages, from all over the world and reflects the spirit of Expo 2020 Dubai’s commitment to “Connecting Minds and Creating the Future”. The collection includes more than 60 traditional stories from participating countries offering to immerse yourself in a fascinating panorama of popular narrative cultures from six different continents. This anthology is written in English and has the didactic purpose of stimulating the imagination of children and adults, helping them to discover what makes us different, as well as the values we all share, wherever we come from on the planet. Children’s Tales From Around the World is also a real help for young readers between the ages of 5 and 12, who are learning to read and who read to learn. Thanks to the unique illustrations from all over the world, handed down over time and created by local artists, word games, number quizzes and pills to treasure, it becomes a fun and accessible tool to appreciate your own cultural heritage and that of others and develop the love of reading.
San Marino also made its contribution to the collection of Children’s Tales From Around the World with “Marino and the Bear”, the captivating tale of our patron Marino who tames the bear, thanks to the two San Marino citizens Gian Luigi Berti, who wrote the plot and Dara Giardi who made the illustrations by hand in mixed media. The story, placed in the third volume and translated into English by Emily Ligniti, tells the legend of Marino who lives on the mountain with his beloved donkey. One day, he left the path to quench his thirst and feed on berries and strawberries, and on his return he found the poor animal devoured by a bear. Marino stroking him invites him to take the place of his poor donkey to whom he would have given burial. The bear from being violent became meek and really fed on the Saint’s strawberries. This fable, rich in terminology and linguistic expressions, has the didactic purpose of making young readers learn the names of nature in English, while the moral it leaves is that a life in harmony with animals is possible and some battles are better fought with. peace rather than violence. In fact, Marino was right to act peacefully against the fearsome bear he manages to tame and make his friend become. The director of the San Marino Pavilion Letizia Cardelli comments: “We are very proud and happy to have taken part in this didactic initiative of Expo. For our small country, it becomes part of an anthology of fairy tales from the world arrived at its third publication and distributed in paper version throughout the Expo site so you come in digital version on Apple Books, it is a significant and relevant event that allows us to disseminate and make our cultural heritage discover to an international audience. Once again, albeit small, we want to make ourselves known and talk about us. “
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