Almaty is very easy to meet people, to external contacts, which lead to other meetings. This morning, the open-air restaurant on Panfilova we are approached by a Kazakh we hear, is a physician who specializes in Rome and still speaks perfect Italian. Thanks to him we solve the mystery of Toto Cutugno.
It tells us that in the 70s in Soviet times, there were pressures towards greater cultural openness to the West (music, cinema, entertainment, etc..) Obviously did not like the regime, but against which made some concessions. Estimate that Italian music was nice, the lyrics banalotti and non-hazardous, allows connections with the festival of Sanremo and gave him a chance to listen to that kind of music, which has long been the only one allowed. In the absence of "competition", singers like Celentano, Albano & Romina Power, rich and poor, became (and still are) very popular, but he remained the real star: Toto Cutugno, which is still on tour each year in Tickets are capital and sell a lot months earlier.
I doubt that behind the 'Italian-mafia "that we hear almost every day there was something more complex than the insult or mockery. Too many people ask us how is the Commissioner Cattani, and do so with a true interest. Today's meeting with the Honorary Consul of Italy, Carmine consigliatoci from which to inform our travel plan, is instructive in this regard. Meanwhile, I first ask them what is the difference between a normal and an honorary consul, a doubt which tormented me from time, but the answer is bureaucratic and I'm not even to bring it back. Afterwards I ask instead what is the mechanism of transfer of wealth and power in the country, and here the response was much more interesting. It tells us that the summit is President, that governs the oil business. Below are a few dozen families, which are those count, his electors, and belong to the principal tribes, or hordes (the Kazakhs are descendants of the Huns). The clash between these families is determined to obtain and distribute the following positions of power and balance is the Western equivalent of representative democracy. "In a sense it's like the mafia," said the consul. And 'here that I realized, I guess. In Kazakh culture is belonging to the family, tribe, counting, and the struggle for his statement is essential for survival. This is why movies and TV series on the Mafia are so popular: it is the spectacle of a social mechanism that here know very well. Probably when un kazako ci dice “italiano-mafia” vuole dire “Però, che mafia avete voi, altro che la nostra!”. E’ un attestato di stima, non un insulto.
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