1. The voices of the Dolomiti

The Dolomites have always been a cultural and linguistic meeting point.  Not everyone who visits this area knows that here Italian and German coexist with Ladin, an indigenous language and culture, which crosses the the Dolomite valleys of Trentino-Alto Adige and Veneto.  Our host Margherita Menardi "Diornista”, musician, mountain hut keeper and radio speaker, introduces us to Ladin culture together with Paul Videsott, professor of Romance Philology at the Free University of Bolzano, Fabio Chiocchetti, former director of the Ladin Cultural Institute of Vigo di Fassa, and Ulrike Kindl, Germanist and expert in Alpine mythology.

Om Podcasten

Visiting a new place is an experience that can be done in many different ways. You can do it as a tourist, or you can decide to be guided by those who, that place, know it well. Dolomiti Sound Stories is a podcast that helps you get to know the true soul of the Dolomites through the voices of its inhabitants. We will travel across the Dolomite landscape to talk about traditions, history, the environment, language minorities, sport and land management together with those who live these experiences day by day. Diego Clara, Ladin journalist, Margherita Menardi, Ladin musician and radio speaker born in Cortina, and Ulrike Ulli Innerkofler, a South Tyrolean middle-mountain guide and ski instructor, trace a path that unites the many voices of the Dolomites and on which they have met so many people, each connected in their own way to these mountains... Dolomiti Sound Stories is a Vois production for Dolomiti Super Ski voices Diego Clara, Margherita Menardi and Ulrike Innerkofler direction Gianluca Stazi and Paolo Barberi musics Gianluigi Gallo sound and post production Gianluca Stazi editing mix&master Alessio Abeli editorial support Diego Clara and Elisa Cozzolino English translation Beth McCreton and Elettra Sofia Mauri producer Andrea Maltagliati and Giovanna Surace