#cultural routes

[cross-border-communications]

A walk along the Via Francigena from Europe to Italy.

The Via Francigena is an excellent opportunity to develop and enhance sustainable tourism in Europe and Italy. The union and communication between various cultures. A route that crosses Europe from the north to the south of Italy. It is about 3200 km long!

The time has come to focus on slow tourism. The kind of tourism that enhances rural areas and people, villages, and landscapes and combines the beauty of places with culture, art, and gastronomy—not neglecting an important aspect, namely the personal search, and spirituality.

In recent years, the system of hiking trails and cultural itineraries has grown considerably, redeveloping the territory from an environmental and socio-cultural point of view, revitalizing marginal or inland areas, and enhancing those places off the beaten track of mass tourism. Along its 3,200 km of the Via Francigena (United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, Italy), thousands of small companies, hiking, environmental guides, and associations are active and committed to the area to serve the needs of the walkers.

Today it is estimated that thanks to the thousands of pilgrims, the economic fallout of this Council of Europe cultural routes, which crosses Italy (10 regions, 400 municipalities) for more than 2,000 km, exceeds 20 million Euros. The Via Francigena can be considered our "Way of Santiago": the way that leads to Rome and the ports of Apulia is the flagship of the international pilgrimage. Every year, pilgrims from over 40 countries walk this route on foot or by bicycle. Eight out of ten of them come back as tourists after their journey.

It is crucial, however, not to divide Italy into hundreds of walks because this would risk weakening the tourism infrastructure with no central itinerary around which to create an alternative model of slow cultural tourism, as has been happening (for the last 30 years) in Spain with the path that leads to Santiago de Compostela.

The Via Francigena is and remains a great opportunity around which it will be possible to strengthen the Italian tourist brand worldwide and develop an incredible network of regional, national, and international itineraries.

This is an ambitious project, claims Luca Bruschi - Director of the Via Francigena European Association. "We want to give value to all the work that has been done up to now by recognizing that the Via Francigena is representative of the factors of growth, exchange, and comparison between people coming from different countries."

The Via Francigena and Santiago di Compostela are among Europe's most prestigious cultural routes. It is also a model for sustainable development, stretching over 3.200km from Kent to Apulia, and is one of the world's best-known pilgrimage routes.

It is a tourist offer with an unprecedented response to the demand of people for a new way of enjoying the territory in their leisure time. A journey that affects individual growth and emphasizes meeting people and local communities along the route.

Initially posted by Luca Bruschi in ⏩  La #ViaFrancigena rappresenta una grande opportunità per lo sviluppo territoriale e turistico in Eurupa e in Italia.

⏩ The Board Behind

#cultural routes #via Frangigena #road to rome #The Board Behind #travel trough europe #hiking #trails #itineraries #rural scene #traditions #caminodesantiago #heritage #pilgrimage #travel photography #frangigena ways #slow travel #slow tourism

[muffinlance]

I'm barely to the massacre and I can already tell I'm going to be screaming at every this-makes-no-sense decision made by the writers (your temple is under violent attack, and you evacuate the kids... to a barely enclosed corner in a prominent temple room? Instead of to the hundreds of sky bison that were highlighted as flying in earlier? Why?) (And Aang left to clear his head and think instead of to run from his duties? That's such a less compelling plot arc?) (And the show had him briefly monologue about being a goofy kid who loves pies and his friends instead of using the extended temple scene to show any of that? Didn't want to pay more child actors, did you, Netflix?)

Yeah I'm just. Going to be screaming at the screen instead of enjoying this. Different decisions aren't necessarily bad, but when those decisions seem to be in the direction of "show a man burning alive before we even get to the on-screen massacre" this is just... not the show for me.

#The original show emphasized the horror and sadness of the massacre by putting it in the context of people and culture lost #This one is going the Show People We Don't Know Burning Alive Clearly That Will Make More Of An Impression route #Gyatso's bones will always be the epitome of heart break #get out of here with your on-screen immolations just to demonstrate literally flashy cgi #Anyway someone tell me if the Omashu episode is worth watching in isolation I've seen gifs of Zuko getting brow-beat by Random Market Lady #And that DOES sound hilarious #But is the rest of the episode worth it or should I stick to gifs #This is like trying to decide if a barely-canon-divergent fanfic is worth slogging through #For its five fun new scenes #When the rest is just The Same As The Original But Worse #avatar the last airbender #atla #natla #netflix atla

[locusfandomtime]

my favourite headcanon when dealing with whatever the hell mcyt’s names are is that everyone just has a fucking universe assigned string of characters (the username) which everyone knows and is what the universe calls you by, but serves no actual functional purpose by itself

in society, the username is used as the legal name because its convenient - at any given point a username is unique to one person and you can easily identify someone by username

but obviously, the username is random and as a casual name it may not work - “Grian” is a fine name but “BdoubleO100” is a nightmare to say, so people develop nicknames based off these. some people go as far to have nicknames completely divorced from their username - e.g. “Jimmy” for “SolidarityGaming”

usernames probably bring up a lot of questions. they seem random, not affected by environmental or genetic factors in any discernible way. they’re more likely to contain words - or things that are kind of like words - than a truly random string of letters. I imagine there being a lot of meaning ascribed to them - like certain numbers symbolising certain things or certain words detailing something for your future. example: people with “7” in their name are more serious (supposedly. it’s kind of equivalent to our zodiac signs. belief varies)

I like to think about all the implications of this naming system. xB off-handedly said that Joel’s username is “SmallishBeans” so he’ll only be calling him “Beans” and not “Joel”, does this imply that some people believe your nickname must be derived by your username and consider nicknames that aren’t illegitimate? what about people that want to change their username? there’d be less name changes than our world (since names aren’t family or gender related) but it’s certainly possible (as you change the username of your minecraft account), but is there a stigma against it? rejecting the very name the universe gave you? are “rare” names (such as with small character count or palindrome etc) considered lucky or unusual?

(using the term “nickname” for ease of understanding because that’s our closest equivalent but in-universe this isn’t really what they are. better term “casual name”? “nickname” implies it isn’t your real name or is a cute shortening, whilst this would definitely be considered your name, just one of two types)

i just have… thoughts.

#i saw a post talking about mc naming conventions and how they make no sense so this is my take #of course you could also go the route of different cultures (e.g. “iJevin” but called “jevin” is just how slime names work or smth) #and that is fun! but i think this has some charm too and solves a lot of questions #locus fandom time #locus worldbuilding time #mcyt #mcytblr #hermitcraft #hermitblr

[punkeropercyjackson]

Y'all.

#THE SCREAM I SCRUMPT SRUS5USU5ESTUSIE5ZTEIETIZZREUJSJSHDHDJDJDJ I MEAN GET FUCKED YOU DESERVE IT FOR ABUSING GWENDITA #spiderverse is THEE culturally accurate character designs franchise wbk🙏🏼 #anti george stacy #gwen stacy #pro gwen stacy #trans gwen stacy #autistic gwen stacy #kidcore!miles morales #catgirl gwen tag #gamer gwen #black gwen stacy #she is biracial afrolatina to ME #atsv #spiderman #ghostflower #ghostpunk #ghostbyte #dating routes #t4t dating routes #spidergwen #spiderwoman #ghostspider #gwenom #songspider #💌 #summerposting

[thesilicontribesman]

The Ancient Routeway of Pen-y-Pass, Yr Wyddfa National Park, Wales

#ancient living #ancient cultures #landscape #rain #winter #pass #ancient routes #ancient #nature #wildlife #river #valley #mountains #wild #wales #geology #archaeology

[williammarksommer]

Yellow Malibu

Route 66 series

Hasselblad 500c/m

Kodak Gold 200iso

#Yellow Malibu #Chevy Malibu #chevrolet #Malibu #classic car #vintage #car culture #car #Route 66 #photography #photo #photographers on tumblr #original photographers #photographerslife #film #hasselblad #film is not dead #film photography #kodak #americana #vintage americana #road trip #on the road #travel #highway #color film

[rhaenin-time]

Targ antis: Haha wouldn't it be hilarious if Aegon the Conqueror was infertile and actually the whole Targaryen dynasty is ILLEGITIMATE?

Targ appreciators: Isn't it interesting to entertain the possibility that Aegon the Conqueror was infertile and actually the whole Targaryen dynasty is, by Andal standards, "illegitimate?"

#house targaryen #asoiaf #aegon the conqueror #hotd #fire and blood #i swear i don't understand how these people claim to enjoy a story when the points go right over their heads #did you know that 'legitimacy' is not only a social construct but it's also a flexible one that tends to vary with different cultures? #i actually would find it interesting if hbo went down this route but the problem is you KNOW how it would go #i think it's just as interesting to examine Aenys's 'legitimacy' re: how Rhaenys's marriage to Aegon's could be considered 'illegitimate'

[neonswitchhouse]

Pop Culture Witchcraft and the Importance of Being Cringe

Cringe has become a bit a loaded word nowadays, being at first a word to describe feelings of second-hand embarrassment, arguably from failings to impress others or to raise one's social capital. Think for example failed motorsports stunts, falling into pools with a tray full of fruity drinks or even worse; someone trying to impress a crush by molding themselves into someone they only think the other party would like via baseless assumptions. Your body recoils, seeing a dirt biker tumble down the course. Your stomach sinks, watching someone plunge into the shallow end of the water. You squirm watching someone try to convince their crush to go out with the facade they made. That I would describe as "empathetic cringe"; a reaction based on witnessing something you do not wish upon yourself like physical harm or embarrassment.

The modern definition of cringe however, is a different beast entirely.

Using the Urban Dictionary meaning as defined by user Screech McGee, "Before the internet trolls changed the meaning of this word, "cringe" was a verb used to express embarrassment or disgust. Now, this word is mostly used to define something that you dislike or do not understand. Internet trolls use this word as an insult towards people in fandoms, with bad grammar, or both combined. Trolls also use this word to describe memes on some occasions."

Doing a quick search on YouTube or Tiktok for "cringe" gives you an array of oddities to the average eye; people dressed in rainbow-colored wolf fursuits, teens expressing their love and attachment for their favorite anime character, or perhaps someone outwardly displaying behaviors considered aneurotypical. They fall outside societal norms and standards of behavior. They aren't perceived as "normal or acceptable" to the standards set by white-cis-het-able bodied-neurotypical persons and communities.

But in it, the furries, the fandom-lovers, and even the "neurospicys" are harming none. They're doing what they want.

Sounds kinda familiar doesn't it?

Lets loop around to what you're probably reading this rant for; the witchy reasons.

Witchcraft as a practice, is already an outsider to most societies, especially to those predominated shaped by Protestant Christian beliefs. It's already something outside the norms. Even back during the hey-day of reality tv shows like Wife Swap, those who weren't considered Christian or followed more "earth-based" religions and lifestyles were presented as the butt of the joke. And while witchcraft and non-Christian beliefs as a whole have becoming more popular nowadays, it's still considered something outside the norm or in the minority of persons identifying themselves as witches and pagans voluntarily.

So we're already ticking one "cringe" box according to societal norms

Chaos Magic as a whole is based on using belief as a tool or as a fuel source to workings to enact change or bring it about to oneself or to the environment around them as a whole. Hence the whole "nothing is true, everything is permitted" thing in that there's no one strict set of rules to make something work.

Pop Culture Witchcraft and Pop Culture Paganism deriving from chaos magic, while with several theories as to how it works, the crux is in "belief", in energy fueled into something or even someone.

Going off the egregoric model, egregores are formed and fed by the energy (ie: belief) fueled into them. This is where fandom comes into play. Fandom is fueled by passion, by love, by admiration, by forming community around shared likes, interests, or even dislikes. Fandoms are funnels for that collective energy, passion, creativity, etc.

And to some, pouring in so much joy, passion, fervor, and creativity can be seen as something out of their grasp of understanding; something that they're the outsider to and not the main target audience of. It's "not made for them". Therefore it's deemed as "cringe" underneath that definition.

But why deprive oneself of joy just for the approval of others?

Why force oneself to conform to arbitrary rules and norms?

As long as your joys and passions affect only yourself and do not harm others directly, why shield it from view?

To get the most out of a pop culture practice, it's good to have it based on what you're passionate about; what you're well-versed in. What gives you that fuel or belief. What brings you joy and makes you want to pursue things even further.

So be cringe, be passionate, be able to go on a dang unprompted 20minute rant about the lore to your favorite failed RPG series. Be able to show a whole dang portfolio of your self-insert smooching your favorite character on the cheek. Be absolutely, unapologetically passionate about something and see what happens. See what happens when you drop the worries of how others perceive you.

So stay safe, have fun, be cringe, be free, stay spooky.

#pop culture paganism #pop culture witchcraft #pop culture magic #pop culture witch #eyestrain cw #gif warning #I spent like an hour writing this and didnt have the spoons to edit #anyway this was inspired by a recent route in my path involving more horror based sources and entities so heehoo

[affable-square]

The possibility to choose one of the other characters' endings added so much depth to Patho Classic. Mostly because as Artemy you can choose Daniil's ending but you know you really shouldn't, and that scratches the "I want to fix him, how far am I willing to go?" itch I have for this accursed ship.

#God I want this in Patho 2 #I'll blow up the town 4 u bb #“Wait for me” ugh #Haruspex route is my favorite self-inflected torture #What will he choose - his idiot crush or his entire messyass culture? #No winners here #Pathologic #pathologic classic hd #danill dankovsky #artemy burakh #burakhovsky #(Or choose Clara's ending instead) #(her peeps always seem to die tho)

[tygerland]

#motel #2016 #hayley eichenbaum #photography #kingman arizona #route 66 #travel #culture #night #wanderlust #road trip #coca cola #aesthetic #vacation #architecture #sunset #mood #explore #vibes #the road is life #⚠️

[ramyeonguksu]

Put in the tags whether your FE3H OC would thrive outside of their "main" route or not!

#fe3h oc #fe3hoc #fodlansona #fire emblem three houses oc #hillevi lore #as for hillevi her main route is CF #SS would be interesting because in this route (for canon compliance reasons) she'll say that edelgard's methods are too extreme #even if she agrees with the reasoning behind them #AM would definitely not be that good for her #because Hillevi has a lot of expectations on what kind of nation Faerghus would be #but the more she learns about it the more she's like... disappointed? unhappy? #especially with how faerghus' culture chivalry and crest advantages affecting her peers and classmates #also the whole thing with Faerghus being too connected with the church wouldnt sit too well with her #VW she would thrive though #claude is there to teach her about almyran stuff a lot once she learns about his heritage #and also claude does stand up against rhea at some point verbally

[maulfucker]

Random thing that annoys me for no reason is when people make human au Maul and they make him white. Why would you do that to him. What do you have against brown punks who kill.

#hm i should make an original post tag #maul #darth maul #to ME he should look native brazilian. i am giving him face/body paintings and beautiful brown eyes. #idk about north american natives but brazilian natives are really into face/body painting #usually geometric line patterns in black with red base and/or details #the specific patterns have to do with culture‚ age‚ social standing and stuff #which is like. perfect translation of zabrak tattoos into a human context #why go the coward route and make him a white punk with red dyed hair and black eyeshadow when you can be interesting #explore the fact that he was a child who was removed from his culture and only knows of it what he carries on his skin #make him an outcast due to his identity first and by choice second #he's not just some random scary looking guy with a grudge against obi-wan #he's a guy taken from his people and raised for violence by an abusive master

[themadcapmathematician]

The US is like hey if you wanna drive somewhere it's 15 min but you'll spend 40 min and $20 parking. Oh you take the bus? You'll be there in 3 hours. 1.5 hrs of that is walking lol. lmfao even. Oh youre walking? Just walking there?? Asphalt is a pvp enabled zone and the sidewalk is width of a single grape. We have removed all of the benches for your convenience. See you there in 28 hours

#wanted to go to a national park to look at nature #but first...you must ruin some nature (car) to see the nature (far away) #the bus route literally was like yeah we can get you there...uhhhhhh #and listed a 44 min walk #anti car #anti capitalism #madcap rants #uspol #a 44 MINUTE WALK #after the bus takes you 10 MIN OF THE WAY #car culture #public transportation

[sloanaffirmations]

🤟🤩🤟Like,Share,or type "LET IT SHINE" to affirm💖💿🎧🎵

✅Nobody was lying about this in their guitar magazine interview🙅‍♀️

✅I will have fun travel Sloan band summer🤩🤟

✅Picsart is an intuitive editing program💖

#i actually need yall slaffirmign this own for real #its imtooant #to wm and #me #okqy #alro #idk if theis is rout lof leine #out of line #please do not indaverretnetly twach jay fergsuon about incel culture #LET IT SHINE

[samurailoveballadhistory]

This is actually apparently a misconception that many people have that people in the feudal era thinks like this. This is such a late-date legend that hails from around the ending of Edo era, entering the Meiji.

This story event takes it to such extremes that even the citizenry have a fear of it, but the commonly spread legend is actually just the samurai that don't like it. It falls as a whole, like a head that's chopped off. It has the connotation of execution, which samurai supposedly find to be shameful/dishonourable.

The camellia is usually contrasted with sakura, whose scattering petals are considered "beautiful" and graceful, and a more befitting image for a samurai's death.

This narrative really doesn't make any sense in the first place, because even if a samurai commit seppuku honourably, their heads get chopped off too, so what's the difference?

Anyway. Even during the Edo era the samurai loves camellias. Many houses would go out of their way to breed and raise camellias.

The rumour of camellia hate supposedly came about because the people who toppled the shogunate, the clans who hail from Satsuma province and Choushuu domain of Nagato, famously really loved their camellias. The people of Edo (the shogunate capital, now Tokyo), who view those people as traitors or rebels, hated them and regularly complained about them.

Perhaps because the Edoites were connected to the old shogunate, the story of "these people from the bygone era dislike of camellia-loving people" somehow morphed into "samurai don't like the camellias themselves".

#samurai love ballad party #slbp #flower #japanese culture #event route

[thesilicontribesman]

'The Creel Path' Ancient Holloway, nr. Coldingham, Scottish Borders

#routeway #holloway #landscape #routes #ancient routes #outdoors #wild places #ancient trackways #tracks #trees #ancient cultures #archaeology #paths #scottish borders #creel path