Ostuni, Italy: Language and society are closely linked. For example, narrow streets that are called "galiyan" in Hindi and "stradine" in Italian, do not have a specific term in English, where narrow or wide, they are still called roads or streets. This means that for societies of India and Italy, there is a social significance of narrow streets that was not there in English language. Today I have to leave for a visit to south of Italy for a few days so today's images are from Ostuni, a beautiful town in south of Italy. Ostuni is also called the "white city" because all the houses in old hilly part of the city are painted white.
ओस्तूनी, इटलीः भाषा और समाज में गहरा सम्बन्ध है. जैसे कि छोटी, तंग सड़कें जिन्हें हम गलियाँ कहते हैं और इतालवी भाषा में स्त्रादीने, लेकिन अंग्रेज़ी में ऐसे रास्तों के लिए कोई विषेश शब्द नहीं है. अंग्रेज़ी में चाहे सड़क चौड़ी हो या संकरी, उसे स्ट्रीट या रोड ही कहेंगे. यानि, भारत और इटली में पास पास बने घरों के बीच में बनी "गलियों" का जो सामाजिक महत्व है वह अंग्रेज़ी भाषा में नहीं है. आज मुझे दक्षिण इटली में कुछ दिनों की यात्रा के लिए रवाना होना है, तो इसीलिए मैंने आज की तस्वीरें दक्षिण इटली के छोटे से शहर ओस्तूनी की गलियाँ चुनी हैं. ओस्तूनी को "श्वेत शहर" भी कहते हैं, क्योंकि यहाँ के प्राचीन भाग में पहाड़ी पर बने सभी घर सफेद रंग के हैं.
Ostuni, Italia: Le nostre lingue sono strettamente collegate alla società. Per esempio, le stradine si chiamano "galiyan" in hindi, ma non hanno un termine specifico in inglese, dove si chiamano "streets", che siano strette o che siano larghe. Oggi devo partire per un viaggio nel sud Italia per cui le immagini di oggi sono di Ostuni, una bellissima città in sud Italia. Ostuni si chiama anche la città bianca perché tutte le case nella parte vecchia sulla collina sono imbiancate in bianco.
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उबड़ खाबड़ दीवारें और वैसी ही सड़कें एक टेक्सचर दे रही है. इसे 'एमेच्योर-ता' का सौंदर्य भी कह सकते है.
ReplyDeleteसुन्दर.
Sorry, I seem to understand that you are in Ostuni, now?
ReplyDeleteI live in Cisternino a small village near OSTUNI e qui le stradine del nostro centro storico sono veramente strette strette...ti consiglio una visita nel mio paese, molto apprezzato dai turisti perchè si tratta di un luogo semplice.
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Ciao Teacher Online. Oggi sono stato a Cisternino per 5 minuti, alla terrazza panoramica. Avevo degli impegni a Ostuni, Oria e Brindisi per cui ero molto occupato. Invece oggi prima di tornare sono andato a visitare Alberobello mentre Cisternino era solo una tappa veloce di passaggio. Mi dispiace che visto il tuo messaggio soltanto oggi dopo il mio rientro a Bologna!
Deleteये तो भारत जैसी ही लग रही हैं.
ReplyDeleteVery impressive shots, Deepak jee! They'd look even better at daylight. I guess these stradines must be many hundred years old. I have even seen some photos where such stradines (don't remember where) and houses around were painted in rich indigo or Prussian blue, I think those places are in French speaking Western Sahara African countries... those places are awesome. I dream of going there someday and hope they don't change.
ReplyDeleteYou suggested me but I don't know if I am ready to open a photo blog. I want to limit my presence over web. I have recently uploaded some of my recent pics which you can view at http://500px.com/thenishant
Thanks Nishant. These houses are from 1700-1800. I have never been to Western Sahara. However, something similar to the stradine of Ostuni, I have seen on Mikonos island of Greece, where they are blinding white.
DeleteI loved your pictures, my favourite is that of the potter's wheel.