Calendario dei gondolieri 2007
new guide:

GONDOLAS & GONDOLIERS

a brief introduction to the world of the gondola and ethnographic annotations on gondoliers

by

Piero Pazzi
INDEX
PARTE I

RIDE IN GONDOLA
How to obtain a significant reduction in the cost of your gondola ride.
When to take a ride in gondola.
Gondolas whit musical accompaniment and serenades.
Hiring a gondola for half day.
How do you identify the gondola in which you have just ridden?
Gondolas Weddings.
Gondolas Funerals.
Considerations on the livery.
Gondolas for the Redentore fireworks.
Gondolas for the Madonna della Salute.
During the Regata Storica.
PARTE II

THE GONDOLA
Some facts about the gondola.
The décor of the gondola.
Business generated by the gondola.
Why are gondolas black?
The sandolo.
Gondolas and popular sayings.
PARTE III

THE GONDOLA: ONE PUBLIC SERVICE
The gondolas as urban transport: the Traghetto.
Why does the council subside the Trahetti of Parada (Gondola Ferry) ?
When the gondolier substitutes the local policeman: acommunity service that is not recognised and not remunerated.
How and to whom you can report a Traghetto disservice or a commendation; or other arguments that relate to gondoliers.
Gondolas & Bureaucracy: Ente Gondola.
The Traghetto of San Tomà.
PARTE IV

NOTICES ABOUT GONDOLIERS
Who is a gondolier?
Familiar Language.
How many they are and some facts upon their hierarchy.
How they govern themselves.
How do you become a gondolier?
An extinct trade: il gondolier de casada.
The gondolier’s uniform.
Gondolier’s nicknames.
Choosing a gondolier.
The importance of being “served” by a gondolier.
Advise in chosing your gondola and gondolier.
The myth of the gondolier latin-lover.
How to approach a gondolier: some practical advise.
If who approaches the gondolier ia a male.
PARTE V

GONDOLIER’S PICTURS
210 pictures of gondolas and gondoliers in black and white.
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