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The Group of Study ELPIS
(from ancient Greek, meaning hope) ZEROUNO
(the year of its launch) is founded in Sant'Andrea on the initiative of
the people mentioned below with intentions strictly cultural and is
entirely unprofitable and apolitical.
The underwriters of this manifesto are simply the
promoters of this enterprise that develops through the wide
participation of anybody interested and with the full respect of
institutions and associations already existing in the area. The group of
study ELPIS ZEROUNO is not born with the
characteristics of a conventional cultural association. It does not
intend to bestow titles and honours and it is not bound by internal
regulations and decrees.
In brief, the group ELPIS
ZEROUNO is not the name of a society but the logo of a project
with the following proposals:
a) Embarking on
activities of research, study and the spreading of Andreolese culture
and, more generally, with cultural and historical facts concerning the
Calabrian territory.
b) Promoting the
safekeeping and the retrieval of the Andreolese collective memory
through the preservation of the existing architectural treasures and the
research of historical and cultural archives.
c) Encouraging
promotions and proposals by using traditional methods of information and
modern technology.
d) Offering interaction
inspiration to Andreolesi scattered all over the world, conscious of the
fact that our historical memory is stored primarily amongst our
immigrants and the stories passed from generation to generation.
e) Investigating,
through our activities, the degree of interest and participation to the
activities of the Group in view of future projects.
The group of study ELPIS
ZEROUNO has embarked on initiatives already established by its
promoters and wishes to follow them through based on a network of
support with specific reference to:
· The
recovery of architectural remains of the Chiesa Madre demolished in the
sixties, which can clearly be seen emerging from the deposited rubble in
the Faballino's precipice.
· The
compilation of a photographic local archive through the selection of the
most significant images.
Luciano MIRARCHI
Giuseppe PALAIA
Alfredo VARANO
Armando VITALE
ELPIS ZEROUNO
Via Aldo Moro, 56
88060 Marina di S.Andrea Jonio (CZ)
Casella Postale n° 23
88060 Marina di S.Andrea Jonio (CZ)
e-mail:
elpiszerouno@virgilio.it
The group of study ELPIS
ZEROUNO has already begun the collection of:
· Photos
(including passport sized), with annotation on the reverse, whenever
possible, of names and year when the picture was taken.
· Old
letters, legal documents etc.
· Old
history books, poems, novels, published and unpublished of Andreolese
writers or authors of Andreolese origins.
· Any
object or manufactured article associated to the artisans, history and
culture of our village.
· Witness
accounts of any event, occurrence and episode concerning Sant'Andrea's
past.
All rescued material will be registered, filed and
archived with the intent of validating it as historical document capable
of operating as the memory of the past and storage of information for
the future.
It will be the centre of communication with the scope
of study, research and diffusion of our history.
The group ELPIS ZEROUNO
has, in a nutshell, embarked on a direct action with a well-defined end:
revalue and preserve the historical Andreolese memory.
The ' Mission' is open to anyone who is seriously
willing to collaborate with no retribution.
Whoever is interested in this project and feels could
be useful should get in touch through the addresses already mentioned.
Heartfelt thanks to all the Andreolesi who can
contribute even with a tiny piece to the big mosaic that is our history.
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