Traditions transfer secrets from past eras into today's world, enriching it in the process. The word "tradire", which means "to hand over", hints at the aspect of carrying things through history that otherwise would be forgotten. We only know about them because someone took care of them and brought them to life again and again.
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Ladin culture
and mythology
Traditions transfer secrets from past eras into today's world, enriching it in the process. The word "tradire", which means "to hand over" , hints at the aspect of carrying things through history that otherwise would be forgotten. We only know about...
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A melodious sound
Beauty and rarity: twin sisters
When you hear the people speaking, here at the heart of the beautiful Dolomites, at first you are unlikely to understand a word, even if you have German or Italian skills. After a while though, here and there you will recognise the sound of a language that once ruled the world but has not been spoken for centuries: Latin. When the Romans conquered the area and Val Badia became part of their empire, the people adopted Latin and mixed it with their own language. Attentive ears will also hear Celtic influences, a reminder of times long gone ...
Baiëise os ladin?
It is not German, not a dialect and not Italian – what you hear in Val Badia is Ladin , a very special language! It is a rare blend of ancient Germanic and Celtic languages with influences from Latin and belongs to the Rhaeto-Romanic language family...
It is not German, not a dialect and not Italian – what you hear in Val Badia is Ladin, a very special language! It is a rare blend of ancient Germanic and Celtic languages with influences from Latin and belongs to the Rhaeto-Romanic language family. The Ladin region lies at the heart of the Dolomites and stretches out in a star shape around the Sella group. Only about 30,000 people consider Ladin to be their mother-tongue. Even the Ladins sometimes have difficulty understanding what their neighbours are saying, because many local dialects have developed in the different valleys. The sound of the Ladin language is as rare as the Dolomites are compared to other mountains – and just as beautiful!
