TONZ - TÅNTZ - DANCE: A DANCING PLACE NAME
Every community has always had a place and time dedicated to the ritual. For example, the conclusion of haymaking, the end of winter, the arrival of the new year were celebrated. Daily experience translated into propitiatory rituals for the rains, to ingratiate the spirits of the forest or to venerate the mountain goddess. In these places the ancient inhabitants of the mountains practiced rites and danced, the legacy of these ancient rites has come down to us engraved in the Cimbrian toponym "Tåntz" which translated means "Dance".
TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ROUTE
The path is suitable for everyone as it does not present particular technical difficulties. It is approximately 2 kilometers long and is ideal to travel in all seasons of the year. There are stretches of path in the woods and in some places the slopes can be a little steep, for these reasons it is recommended to wear suitable clothing and trekking shoes.
WORKS OF LAND ART
Along the path you will encounter the works of the Folgaretan artist Alessandro Pavone accompanied by illustrative tables with texts by the anthropologist Michela Zucca and Andrea Nicolussi Golo, head of the Cimbrian linguistic help desk of the Magnifica Comunità degli Altipiani Cimbri.
A TRIBUTE TO WOMEN
The Tåntz Trail is a tribute to the women who have always given their lives for life and cared for nature by nature. Women, hermits, divine figures who had power over life and death precisely by virtue of their profound knowledge of the secrets of nature.
The “Sentiero delle Tåntz” Project was created by the San Sebastiano Youth Group thanks to the support of the Area Youth Plan of the Cimbrian Plateaus, of the Municipality of Folgaria, of the Apt Alpe Cimbra, of the Caritro Foundation, of the Proloco Nosellari Oltresommo, of the Folgaria Hunters Section and of all the volunteers who have collaborated for its rediscovery and valorization.
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