The only person who I have the most connection in Carini was my grandfather, Rosario Calogero Russo, a fisherman. He was head of the fishermen's guild (I guess that's what you can call it). I don't speak Sicilian, but I understand it now thanks to my knowledge of French and the French influence on the dialect. But the English translation of our family nickname is "short pants". I've only met him a three or four times, not really knowing what he was saying, but we bonded over fishing in the Golfo di Carini. He died in March 2001 and what I heard was the entire piazza by Chiesa Madre was filled with people. If you know Bar Mignano, they left the door half open in his honor.
I haven't been south of Rome since 2005, and have heard that Carini has changed a lot.
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