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Masks Of Sardinia & Its Spectacular Folklore
Kategorien Traditions & Folklore Experiences & Activities Entertainment - Nightlife - Music Tags traditions & folklore experiences & activities entertainment - nightlife - concerts 0 CommentsThe masks of the Mamuthones , Issohadores , Boes , and Merdules are among the best known in Sardinia. What perhaps the tourist doesn’t know is that they belonging to two different tradit...
mehrChristmas & New Year's Eve In Sardinia
Kategorien Traditions & Folklore History & Culture Tags traditions & folklore history & culture 0 CommentsChristmas and New Year's holidays in Sardinia have always been the Family's reunion quality time, being many relatives often away from home because of their jobs: a beautiful occasion to finall...
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Kategorien Traditions & Folklore Nature & Landscape History & Culture Food Tags traditions & folklore nature & landscape history & culture food 0 CommentsWhile most of us know that the Arbutus is an evergreen sapling, typical of the Mediterranean scrub in Sardinia, perhaps not everyone knows that during the Italian Risorgimento&nbs...
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Kategorien Traditions & Folklore History & Culture Tags traditions & folklore history & culture 0 CommentsThe Sardinian fight, or S'Istrumpa , is a very ancient form of wrestling, perhaps the oldest of sports, handed down for millennia from generation to generation, as evidenced by the bronzes of the...
mehrIron Craftmanship Of Sardinia
Kategorien Traditions & Folklore Arts & Artisans Tags traditions & folklore arts & artisans 0 CommentsIron craftsmanship in Sardinia, thanks to the island’s rich mineral resources, is art going back thousands of years, as confirmed by the bronze statuettes ( brunzìttu nuragicu  ...
mehrThe Sardinian Art Of Jewellery
Kategorien Traditions & Folklore Arts & Artisans Tags traditions & folklore arts & artisans 0 CommentsSardinian jewels are of a very particular beauty indeed. Gold or silver, worked in filigree, bejewelled with stones and coral: jewels are an important part of traditional clothing, they have a histor...
mehrA Journey Into The Local Past: Sa Domo De Marras
Kategorien Traditions & Folklore History & Culture Experiences & Activities Tags traditions & folklore history & culture experiences & activities 0 CommentsAn excursion from which I brought back with me a captivating experience was at the ethnographic museum "Sa Domo 'e Sos Marras " , an ancient eighteenth century manor house, located in the histor...
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Kategorien Traditions & Folklore Personalities History & Culture Tags traditions & folklore personalities history & culture 0 CommentsDuring the superb holidays spent at the Gabbiano Azzurro Hotel & Suites, Sardinian songs are an experience to take home as it’s comparable to the sun: it lingers on the skin and then remain...
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Tags traditions & folklore history & culture 0 Comments" The Sa Paradura is a gesture that is existing since the dawn of time. When a shepherd unluckily loses his flock for many reasons, may it be because it has been stolen, or because i...
mehrThe "Su Coccu"
Kategorien Traditions & Folklore History & Culture Tags traditions & folklore history & culture 0 CommentsThe “ Su Coccu ", usually an onyx or obsidian black round stone, but also round turquoise stone or coral is used, set between two little silver cups and mainly is an amulet used to fight evil-e...
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