{"id":1540,"date":"2018-11-15T10:02:23","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T07:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambdoha.esteri.it\/news\/dall_ambasciata\/2018\/11\/katara-dhow-festival-2018-presentazione-2\/"},"modified":"2018-11-15T10:02:23","modified_gmt":"2018-11-15T07:02:23","slug":"katara-dhow-festival-2018-presentazione-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambdoha.esteri.it\/en\/news\/dall_ambasciata\/2018\/11\/katara-dhow-festival-2018-presentazione-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Katara Dhow festival 2018: announcement of Casa Italia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Full transcription of the article “Casa Italia to showcase traditions and culture at Katara Dhow Festival” published by the Gulf Times, on November 15th and written by Joey Aguilar.<\/em><\/p>\n

Casa Italia is set to showcase Qatar and Italy\u2019s \u201cauthentic marine traditions\u201d during the eighth edition of the Katara Traditional Dhow Festival, Italian ambassador Pasquale Salzano has said. Italy is taking part for the first time in the five-day festivity this year, scheduled November 20-24 at the Katara beach.
\u201cWe are proud to showcase Italian traditions at sea from our world-renowned tourist locations,\u201d the envoy told reporters yesterday.
He was joined by Katara\u2019s beach department director and festival head Ahmed al-Hitmi.
Casa Italia, literally meaning \u2018Italian home\u2019, will present \u201csomething very special\u201d, particularly for women, he added.
Artisans from Italy will come to Doha to demonstrate how Italian handcrafted products are made, including sandals from the fashion city of Capri. Capri sandals are symbols of the Dolce Vita worn by Hollywood stars and Jackie Kennedy, according to Salzano.
Casa Italia also pays tribute to the ancient trades of former Italian seaside villages, which today are popular destinations for tourism. The envoy said they will bring to Doha a Sorrento fisherman \u201cfrom a family that for generations every day is out at sea and make their nets by hand with a technique that is centuries old\u201d.
\u201cWe certainly treasure these assets based on know-how and human capacities, as machinery cannot replace manual skills, creativity and genius,\u201d Salzano pointed out.
He said these handcrafted products serve as the pillars of the \u2018Made in Italy\u2019 brand and remains to be \u201cour unrivalled global asset\u201d.
\u201cEven though the economy of both countries is now based on new resources, the fishermen\u2019s nets of Sorrento \u2013 as those of Qatar \u2013 are still made with the same ancient techniques and passion,\u201d he said.
\u201cFrom Capri to Sorrento from Taormina to Doha, once upon a time, the fishermen\u2019s lifestyle shared common patterns, with the men being out at sea for months while the women tried to make a living by handcrafting artisanal products, waiting for them to come back,\u201d noted Salzano.
He said many Italian global brands started in a small family laboratory with expert hands crafting unique goods, which are now globally renowned as exclusive products, symbols of quality and prestige.
\u201cFrom Taormina, we called one of the last artisans who makes the hand-thatched Coffa bags, that inspired famous fashion designers. These bags in the past were attached to donkeys and used to carry goods,\u201d Salzano added.
Festival-goers will also see real specimens of gondolas from Venice near Casa Italia with \u201cgondolieri\u201d dressed in the traditional striped attire.
Meanwhile, Italian musicians will serenade visitors with popular Italian pieces while chefs from the best Italian restaurants in Doha will prepare and serve an array of delicacies at the festival.
\u201cI am confident that sharing knowledge, on the common grounds of our ancient traditions at sea, on the occasion of the Dhow Festival 2018, will strengthen our bonds as well as encourage tourists to visit both Italy and Qatar,\u201d Salzano said.
He stressed that the two countries developed outstanding bilateral relations in several fields of common interest and co-operation, including culture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Full transcription of the article “Casa Italia to showcase traditions and culture at Katara Dhow Festival” published by the Gulf Times, on November 15th and written by Joey Aguilar. Casa Italia is set to showcase Qatar and Italy\u2019s \u201cauthentic marine traditions\u201d during the eighth edition of the Katara Traditional Dhow Festival, Italian ambassador Pasquale Salzano […]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambdoha.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambdoha.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambdoha.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambdoha.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambdoha.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ambdoha.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1540\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambdoha.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambdoha.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}