"Before the invention of writing, with the oral culture, words were sounds with no space, they existed only at the moment when they were said and heard. Homer's words, as well as poets', singers' and griots' words of any time and culture, have always had "wings", as they have always been rich in a musicality and a lightness that could easily carry them from mouth to mouth, from ear to ear. These are words able to tell stories and events. By now, songs, ballads and poems, together with the knowledge and the tradition they contain, are a heritage for just a few people, the forgotten roots of our knowledge"

Councillor for Youth Policy of the Municipality of Padova