He's tiny, soft, fluffy and warm.
He's always lived in the lovely woods of the beautiful Val di Fiemme.
And Children have always dreamt of seeing, touching and cuddling him ...
happy just to catch sight of his bushy tail as he swiftly leaps from bough
to bough.
So, from fleeting glimpses, from endless waiting, sweet unforgettable encounters,
a legend is born.
The legend of a squirrel named Skiri.
A
favourite character of Fiemme folklore, the squirrel Skiri symbolizes
many different meanings: joy, health, happiness, playfulness, life itself...
meanings which match the spirit of The Nordic Ski World Championships
staged by a Valley seeking new human, sports cultural and tourist values.
All this is to be achieved through the wholehearted commitment of all
those involved in the project.
The future is coloured with optimism.
For this we can also thank Skiri, as he spreads warmth and friendship
and brings a smile to the faces of everyone.
Skiri is the symbol of the warm welcome that Val di Fiemme intends to
extend to all those who, during and after the World Championships 2003,
will be its guests.
THE AUTHOR
The Organizing Committee and Agenzia Vathurist asked Mario Gomboli, one
of the best-known Italian authors of children's books, to design this Mascot.
Forty years old, an architect and Milanese by adoption, Mario Gomboli has
been writing and illustrating children's books for twenty years, almost
always using funny little animals for his characters.
Among other awards, Gomboli has won the 1987 Andersen Prize for his book
"Tanti matti ammaletti" (So many crazy little animals); the 1988
Andersen Prize as "Best Children's Author"; the "Golden Palm"
in the "young people's" section at the Salone Internazionale delt'Umorismo.
Bordighera, 1988.
His books have been published in the following countries; in Italy by Bompion'i,
Rizzoli, La Coccinella. Ed. P'rccoli, Ed. S.E.I., Lito Editrice, in France
by Natan and Ed. Vaillant, in Germany by Boje Verlag, in Greece by Margorita
Pub, in England by Child's Play, in Holland by Hema, in Spain by Editorial
Edaf, in Yugoslavia by MIadost, in Brazil by Crow Jogos & Brinquedos,
?n Japan by Dempa Pub, in Israel by Kette P.H., in the U.S.A. by Grosset
& Dunlap.
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