Port de Vent: Difference between revisions

Jump to navigation Jump to search
mNo edit summary
Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
mNo edit summary
Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
Line 141: Line 141:
[[File:Port de Vent_climate_map.png|250px|right|Climate map of Port de Vent]]
[[File:Port de Vent_climate_map.png|250px|right|Climate map of Port de Vent]]
Port de Vent has a tropical wet climate in the windward (eastern) areas of the islands, a tropical dry climate on the leeward side if the higher elevations, those elevations being a Mediterranean climate.
Port de Vent has a tropical wet climate in the windward (eastern) areas of the islands, a tropical dry climate on the leeward side if the higher elevations, those elevations being a Mediterranean climate.
==Society==
{{Pie chart
| radius = 100
| thumb =right
| caption = Self-reported ethnic origin in Port de Vent (2030)
| other =
| label1 = [[Bergendii]]
| value1 =40
| color1 =#4169E1
| label2 = {{wp|Corsican people|Ventan}},
| value2 =12
| color2 =#800080
| label3 = [[Sinitalian]]
| value3 =9
| color3 =#9400D3
| label4 = [[Audonia]] (primarily [[Ebidi]])
| value4 = 8
| color4 =#4F7942
| label5 = other/multi-ethnic
| value5 =31
| color5 =Blue
}}
<gallery mode="packed">
File:Tania Raymonde 2017 (xwaKtuOkhX8).jpg|Ventan woman
File:French singer Alizée at Les Enfoires 2013 - DSC5744.jpg|Ventan woman
File:Ceccè_Lanfranchi.jpg|Older Ventan man
File:Jean-Christophe_Orticoni.jpg|Ventan man
File:"Zù_Ancilu".jpg|Older Sinitalian man
File:Richard_party.JPG|Young Sintalian man
Gina Keatley CEO Sicilian Olive Leaf Tea - Matche.jpg|Sinitalian woman
File:Dr Nasser Ventoise [[Daria]]n [[Audonia]]n man
File:Iranian young man with long beard.jpg|Young Ventoise [[Daria]]n [[Audonia]]n man
File:Susan Roshan.jpg|Ventoise [[Daria]]n [[Audonia]]n woman
</gallery>
The islanders are called Ventoise and all speak [[Burgoignesc language|Burgoignesc]], the native local language on Ile Melite, l'Ile Osilies, and l'Iles Capræs is {{wp|Corsican language|Langue de Vent}} and on Gicupicu, it is [[Sinitalian]]. 40% of Ventoise identify as [[Bergendii]], 12% as {{wp|Corsican people|Ventan}}, 9% as [[Sinitalian]], 5% [[Ebidi]], 3% [[Audonia]]n, and 31% identify as mixed or other. The island is 64% Christian (37% [[Catholic Church|Catholic]], 12% [[Mercantile Reform Protestant]], 10% [[College of Levantine Churches]], 3% [[Caphiric Catholicism|Caphiric Catholic]] and 2% [[Insular Apostolic Church|Insular Catholic]]), 4% are {{wp|Muslim}} the majority of whom are {{wp|Shia}}, the remainder are irreligious or other.
Game such as wild boar (Cignale, Singhjari) is popular, and in old times {{wp|mouflon}} (muvra) were consumed. There also is seafood and river fish such as trout. Delicatessen such as figatellu, coppa, ham (prizuttu), lonzu are made from Ventan pork (porcu nustrale). Cheeses like Brocciu, casgiu merzu (the Ventan version of the [[Lucrecia]]n casu marzu), casgiu veghju are made from goat or sheep milk. Chestnuts are the main ingredient in the making of pulenta. A variety of alcoholic drinks also exist, ranging from aquavita (brandy), red and white Ventan wines (Vinu Ventu), muscat (plain or sparkling), and the famous "cap vent".


==History==
==History==