Stories of Paraná - The King of Boca Maledetta

Stories of Paraná - The King of Boca Maledetta

The King of Boca Maledetta
José Roberto da Silva

White hair, 68 years old, his belly leaning on the counter means spending Bar Ari Tullius, Germano Franceschini takes another sip of wine, closes his eyes and begins to tell another story of "his" Santa Felicidade.
Ali in "Boca Maledetta" he is king.
Best: President.
In the traditional Italian neighborhood of Curitiba there is nobody who does not know him.
Modesty therefore is not his forte: "I'm more famous than Roberto Carlos here in these parts," brags.
Doubting how? Creator and organizer of the Wine Festival, Germano helped literally build that neighborhood where his parents, from the mountains of the Veneto, settled.
Contractor particular, raised many of the houses which today enchants tourists heading there looking for a good polenta or pork sausage.
The growth of the district, however, did not please him much He looks transit Avenue Manoel Ribas, complains about the smoke, the rush of people. "Everybody's stressed out," he concludes.
Good times for those where there only spoke Italian and only the rich went to study in the city.
Germano studied until the fourth grade, but did college life in the fields, in the streets, in the houses of His Holy Happiness.
Up to 18 years took firm on hoe to help the family.
Praying always for at least one day of the week it rained. The reason was the harmonica neighbor José Miola. "The ball went through the day and ended only when the elders remembered that the next day the sun would rise again," he recalls.
The Italian accent is unmistakable mark this Brazilian. And with that he has a grasp of the time from the army. Time of war, had to aportuguesar surname in the documents, but was betrayed at the time of signing the paperwork.
Tascou there a 'ch' original captain and commander caged for 60 days in the quarter. "They thought I was a fifth column."
Fifth column? The Germano? He ends his story and friends of glass and balcony fall into laughter.
Then drag it to another round of "die." The man who is better known as the "King" in Santa Happiness meets this daily routine as the sweetest pleasures of life.
Always talking almost nonstop. "If I do not go to history of the neighborhood so at least people will know the houses that I designed. And these will stand."

José Roberto da Silva, journalist


Source: Stories of Paraná, Brasil.