julia90
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behaviours.. modern occidental mentality.. not strictly correlated with climate.. i feel more related with a southern french, swiss, central european than with southern italians... also many southern italians who live in southern italy, don't appreciate our mentality... they see us more like the swiss too... thought the southern italians who live here, like other europeans immigrants, can if they want integrate well.
we may be more similar in phenotype with southern italians and other southern europeans, but our mentality it's like central european
Julia90,
Where abouts in Italy are you from?
As for the main topics:
It is manifestly true that Northern Italians look and act more Celtic and Germanic than Southern Italians. They also tend to be of a more subdued, serious culture, than the gregarious Southern Italians and Sicillians.
Although I try to avoid it, many times I fall to political issues, nationalistic Issues
Firtst of All who is Italy? what Area is Italy?
the term is after Greek Isalos Ισαλος, Italy stopes at North of Rome, Italian North is not Italy,
Until Garibaldi All historians Name Itally south and Central parts of the peninsula, Especially east Romans consider Venice Lombardia and Savoia wtc as non Italians,
So first you judge with modern criteria and not Historical
Modern Italy's North is divided in 2 major parts, the Germanic-Balcanic who mostly use venice as port, and Italo-Celtic who mainly use Genoa as port, Central Italy is mostly Italo-Celtic and south is a strange case,
Infact South Italy for me has more diversities and is more multicultural,
South Italy has not only Meditterenean culture from all the inner sea but also North European and some areas in south reminds me more North Europe population than North Italy , In palermo still you can find Normans and Scan from medieval times.
Besides a good question is how much ASIAN is the North? considering that the biggest migration in Italy were Greeks and !!!! ETruscans
Now the case of Albanians is another story,
I find them very bold and daring leaving their homes to go to work wherever and whatever, in 90's they walked tenth of miles to find a work in Greece, walking over half a meter snow sometimes, and many of them have the besa and are good workers
On religious matters the ones who are from cities towns are non fanatic, the problem is from some areas were religious foundamental revived after the fall of Hodza, cause the old dictator manage to control it but today seems to revive,
the other case is worldwide and has nothing to with Albanians but with Kain's curse,
Albania has an inner law among families and castes, which forces criminals to go abroad, mainly as illegal immigrants,
that is common to every country, remember at 1900's criminal of Europe escape to US and australia was build by convicts of British empire
and Endri I have been and you know that are areas that even you, don't go with fear
I have the impression that you consider 'modern occidental mentality' as a positive trait vs. Mediterranean mentality as negative...
I wonder, if Italy is divided to 5 Parts, and these parts take their aytonomy,
The rich North, where will sell its products?
France is not uniform either. Despite central government's tough measures for the last 200 years there are huge differences between Brittany, Alsace, Corsica, Aquitaine, French Basque territories and the rest of France. Should France also become a federal country?
Not disputing that there are differences. What is it that S. Italian culture has in common with Middle Eastern cultures (and they are not monolithic) that is stronger than what it has in common with the rest of the Italian (Central and Northern) culture(s)?
well, the importance of the family ties mostly.. some behaviours also.. in southern italy you have big familes and they get married earlier.. they have many offspring (more than three children).. at marriage's parties they invite up to 400-600 people (mostly parents and friends).. in central and northern italy at marriages usually you don't get more than 80 peoople
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