Sgarfefurlans: Looking for friulians around the world

• Thematic framework: Cyberspace
• Geographical outreach : International
• Types of project: Developing networks
  
  
  
  
  
• Beneficiary countries :
  Italy,
  Thailand,
  China,
  Australia,
  New Zealand.
  
  
• Main responsible
  Loris Vescovo
  Via Udine 44
  Trivignano Udinese
  UD
  Italy
  

Summary of the activities
One of the most important demographic phenomena in Friuli was emigration. It began in the last few decades of nineteenth century and it was stopped in the 70s. It was estimated that more than a million Friulian people emigrated in approximately one hundred years. According to the last census of AIRE (2005), Friulian migrants number 134.936. Of these, 56.0% reside in Europe, 24.0% in South America, 10.3% in North America and 4.7% in Oceania. These data pertain only to those Friulians and their descendants who have Italian citizenship.

Friulians in the world have given life to cultural associations called Fogolârs furlans, of which there are 46 in Italy and 156 in the rest of the world.

Sgarfefurlans is a project - radio documentary of Cooperative di Informazion Furlane - Radio Onde Furlane and Comunità Collinare del Friuli financed by S.I.L.C.E. - Servizio Identità Linguistiche, Culturali e Corregionali all’Estero of the Friuli- Venezia Giulia autonomous region.

Main partners
Radio Onde Furlane,
Comunità Collinare del Friuli,
Atôr pal Mont,
Corregionali all'estero-FVG