People from Delta

Polesine is a plain area, lacking in shadows and speckled with rivulets and rushes, where people let their lives follow the flow of the river Po.

The etymology of “Polesine” comes from the medieval latin “policinum” that means swampy.

“Earth and water deeply marked their way of living and dealing with life.

In this village, Boccasette, streets were made of earth and even the main road became mud after a rainfall or a rising tide and lot of houses were still straw huts.

White wooden horses and few toy cars for males and two or three dolls for females stood out in the shop window of the store of wonders and desires.

White wooden horses and few toy cars for males and two or three dolls for females stood out in the shop window of the store of wonders and desires.

On holy days men and youngsters passed their time in the pub, some of them played cards and all the others were sitting behind or standing round the table participating only with the glaze."